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INFLAMMATION & REPAIR
Lectures 2 & 3
Classifying Inflammation
Winter 2013
Chelsea Martin
Special thanks to Drs. Hanna and Forzan
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i. Inflammation: Introduction and generalities (lecture 1, pp.1-2)
ii. Classification of inflammation (lectures 2 and 3, pp. 2-8)
iii. Acute Inflammation
i. Vascular events / permeability (lecture 4, pp. 9-11)
ii. Inflammatory cell types (lecture 5, pp. 12-14)
iii. Sequence of events (lecture 6, pp. 15-20)
iv. Chemical mediators (lecture 7, pp. 20-26)
iv. Chronic Inflammation (lecture 8, pp. 27-30)
i. Granulomatous inflammation
v. Repair and wound healing (lecture 9, pp. 31-35)
vi. Healing in specific tissues (lecture 9, cont., pp. 35-37)
Course Outline
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Morphologic Diagnosis
1. Anatomic modifier: ‘Organ’-itis (+/- anatomic subtypes)
a) Nephritis (vs nephrosis / nephropathy non-inflammatory)
b) subtype, eg glomerulonephritis, interstitial nephritis, etc
2. Exudate - purulent, fibrinous, necrotizing, etc
3. Distribution - focal, multifocal (coalescing), locally extensive, diffuse
4. Duration - peracute, acute, subacute, chronic, chronic-active
5. Extent (Severity) - mild, moderate, marked /severe
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What’s the anatomic modifier?
Inflammation of the: Modifier:
Skin Dermatitis
Liver Hepatitis
Gallbladder Cholecystitis
Lung Pneumonia
Lymph node Lymphadenitis
Large Intestine Colitis/Proctitis
Cecum Typhlitis
Eyelid Blepharitis
Heart muscle Myocarditis
Skeletal Muscle Myositis
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Anatomic Modifiers
Not on your list are:
Inflammation of: Modifier:
Adipose tissue Steatitis / panniculitis (subQ)
Epididymis Epididymitis
Air sac Air sacculitis
Gland (any) Adenitis
Salivary gland Sialoadenitis
Sinus Sinusitis
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kidney - nephr
nephr
Nephritis, interstitial
(inflammation/damage in the interstitium)
tubulo+nephr+itis = Tubulonephritis
(inflammation/damage in the tubules)
+ itis = Nephritis (inflamed kidney)
g
g g g
g lomerulo+ nephr + itis = Glomerulonephritis
(inflammation/damage in glomeruli)
Anatomic Modifiers: Subtypes
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Bronchopneumonia
interstitial pneumonia Bronchitis
Tracheitis
Tracheobronchitis
Anatomic Modifiers: Subtypes
lung -
pneumonia
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EXUDATE (type of inflammation)
Exudate classified by predominant type of inflammatory cells, protein
content &/or type of fluid present.
Types of exudate:
Fibrinous
Necrotizing
Suppurative (= purulent)
Granulomatous
Pyogranulomatous
Hemorrhagic
Serous / Mucoid / Catarrhal
Eosinophilic
Non-suppurative / Lymphoplasmacytic
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FIBRINOUS EXUDATE Can be in tissue or body cavities
1. Increased vascular permeability (inflammatory edema)
2. Leakage of fibrinogen
3. Fibrinogen turns into fibrin
4. Fibrin clots
Gross Appearance
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FIBRINOUS EXUDATE
• acute process - can form in minutes
• histo: thread-like eosinophilic meshwork or solid amorphous eosionophilic material (few neutrophils)
• outcome: small amounts removed.
- larger amounts provide the support for the eventual growth of fibroblasts and new capillaries (granulation)
bread & butter
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FIBRINOUS VS. FIBROUS
Fibrous adhesions are
common sequelae of
fibrinous exudate
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NECROTIC INFLAMMATION
• characterized primarily by necrosis, with usually minimal exudate
Multifocal necrotizing hepatitis, lamb. The cause of the abortion in this case was Campylobacter fetus. Note the numerous
large (up to 1 cm diameter) pale foci scattered throughout the liver; these represent areas of necrosis and inflammation.
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FIBRINONECROTIC EXUDATE
• necrosis of well-vascularized epithelial surface = necrosis + fibrin exudation
• eg, pseudomembranes (diphtheric membranes) where the fibrinonecrotic exudate
forms a membrane like structure on the luminal surface (fibrin + necrotic mucosa)
Fibrinonecrotic
tracheitis, Bison.
Note the
pseudomembrane on
the luminal surface of
the trachea.
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FIBRINONECROTIC EXUDATE
Morph Dx: Enteritis, fibrinonecrotizing
Etiology: Lawsonia intracellularis
Differ Dx: Salmonellosis
• in the gut “casts” of friable material (fibrin & necrotic mucosa) can fill the lumen.
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SUPPURATIVE EXUDATE
• aka purulent exudate
• composed of many neutrophils, necrotic cells and debris
• formation of pus due to proteolytic enzymes (esp myeloperoxidase)
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• avian species, amphibians, fish, reptiles & some mammals have
heterophils, instead of neutrophils
lack myeloperoxidase caseous exudate (no liquefaction)
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ABSCESS:
• localized form of suppurative inflammation that is walled off by a connective tissue capsule (ie chronic)
• suppurative lesions are often of bacterial origin!
SUPPURATIVE EXUDATE
Neutrophils &
tissue debris
Fibrous capsule
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SUPPURATIVE EXUDATE
Pyothorax (pleural empyema): pus in the thoracic cavity
Note large numbers of neutrophils
& a few fibrin strands
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FIBRINOSUPPURATIVE EXUDATE • inflammatory process rich in both neutrophils and fibrin
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GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION (aka granulomatous exudate)
Definition:
• where macrophages predominate; often
with some lymphocytes & plasma cells.
• macrophages can be clustered around the
causative agent and are often in the form of
“epithelioid” or “multinucleated giant cells”.
multinucleated giant cells
epithelioid macrophages
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Time: always chronic
Etiology:
• typically non-digestible
organism or particles
• eg:
o Fungus
o some bacteria
(eg Mycobacteria)
o Plant material
o Mineral crystals
o Suture material
o Sperm
o Keratin, etc.
• delayed-type HS often required
GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION
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GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION
Morph. dx: Enteritis, granulomatous
Etio. dx: Mycobacterial enteritis
Etiology: Mycobacterium avium spp.
paratuberculosis
Example: Johne’s disease (paratuberculosis)
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Definition: neutrophilic + granulomatous inflammation
Morph. dx:
Lymphadenitis, pyogranulomatous
Name dz:
Rhodococcosis
Etiologic agent:
Rhodococcus equi
PYOGRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION
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Example:
Morph. dx: Dermatitis, pyogranulomatous
Etiologic agent: Actinobacillus spp
PYOGRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION
Macrophages
Neutrophils
Bacterial admixed
with antibody
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HEMORRHAGIC INFLAMMATION
• hemorrhage predominates
• severe injury to blood vessels:
o thromobosis / vascular obstruction
o bacterial toxins
o proteolytic enzymes
• most often acute or peracute
• often accompanied by necrosis
(necrohemorrhagic)
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SEROUS EXUDATE
Definition • fluid rich in protein, few cells
(inflammatory edema)
• on body surface or mucosa
Time
• usually acute
Causes
• often dominant pattern of exudation for a wide variety of mild injuries.
• eg, trauma, cold, blisters, sunburn
Gross Appearance
• straw-yellow or clear fluid
Morph. dx: Dermatitis, vesicular
Etio. dx: Viral dermatitis
Etiology: Vesicular exanthema virus
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Example (rabbit):
Morph. Dx: Enteritis, mucoid
Disease name: Mucoid Enteritis
Etiology: Unknown
• Mucoid exudate: predominately mucus with few inflammatory cells
• Mucopurulent exudate: combination of mucus and neutrophilic exudate
MUCOID EXUDATE
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CATARRHAL EXUDATE
• inflammation of a mucous membrane with marked increase in flow of
exudate (typically mucoid or mucopurulent exudate)
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EXUDATE (type of inflammation)
Exudate classified by predominant type of inflammatory cells, protein
content &/or type of fluid present.
Types of exudate:
Fibrinous
Necrotizing
Suppurative (= purulent)
Granulomatous
Pyogranulomatous
Hemorrhagic
Serous / Mucoid / Catarrhal
Eosinophilic
Non-suppurative / Lymphoplasmacytic
Classification of
inflammation
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EOSINOPHILIC INFLAMMATION
• eosinophils predominate
• grossly may be green
• usually associated with: o parasites
o allergies
o sometimes with foreign bodies
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Example (cow):
Morph. Dx: Myositis, eosinophilic
Dz. name: Eosinophilic myositis
Etiology: Sarcocystis infection
Etiologic Dx: Parasitic myositis
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NON-SUPPURATIVE INFLAMMATION
• microscopic diagnosis
• mononuclear cells predominate, esp lymphocytes & plasma cells
Non-suppurative is often used instead of lymphocytic or lymphoplasmacytic, particularly in viral disease of the brain.
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LYMPHOCYTIC INFLAMMATION
• lymphocytes predominate
Example (dog):
Morph. Dx: Thyroiditis, lymphocytic
Etiology: autoimmune
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“….ITIS” Fibrin (yellow/clotted)
Fibrin (pink strands/clumps)
FIBRINOUS
“….ITIS” Necrotic/
Bloody
Necrosis/
hemorrhage
NECRO/
HEMORRHAGIC
ORGAN Gross Histo EXUDATE
“….ITIS” Caseous (dry)
MØ/giant cells LØ’s/PC’s
GRANULOMATOUS (mostly)
“….ITIS” Pus Neutrophils SUPPURATIVE /
PURULENT
“….ITIS” Clear/pale Edema,
few neutrophils
SEROUS
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Why is
exudate
type
important
?
Fibrinous • Bacteria - ACUTE
Suppurative
• Bacteria
Granulomatous
• specific bacteria, many fungi
Hemorrhagic
• Toxin (bacterial or otherwise)
• Ischemia
Eosinophilic
• esp parasites & allergies
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Adapted from: Mechanisms of Disease 3rd ed, Slauson and Cooper, Figure 4-3 page 149
Classification of Inflammation
To make a morphologic diagnosis of an inflammatory response
Organ [Anatomic
subtype]
Exudate (type of inflammation)
Distribution Duration Extent
Nephritis Interstitial Suppurative Focal Peracute Minimal
Glomerulo- Fibrinous Multifocal Acute Mild
Pneumonia Broncho- Necrotizing Locally extensive
(segmental) Subacute Moderate
Enteritis Granulomatous Diffuse Chronic Marked
Hepatitis Catarrhal Chronic-active (severe)
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.
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DISTRIBUTION
• location of the lesion within an organ
• usually a gross classification but ALSO used microscopically
And, again, our kidney
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Definition • single abnormality or
inflamed area within a tissue
Size • from 1 mm to several cm in
diameter / length
DISTRIBUTION - Focal
Example (turkey):
Morphologic Dx:
Typhlitis, fibrinonecrotic, focal
Etiologic Dx:
Protozoan Typhlitis (H. meleagridis)
Name of disease:
Histomoniasis / Black head
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Example
Morph. Dx:
Pnemonia, granulomatous, focal
Etiol. Dx:
Mycobacterial pneumonia
Name of disease:
Mycobacteriosis
DISTRIBUTION - Focal
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Definition
• arising from or pertaining to many foci
• size is variable
• each focus of inflammation is separated from other inflamed foci by an intervening zone of relatively normal tissue.
DISTRIBUTION – Multifocal
Example (dog):
Morph. Dx: Pneumonia, granulomatous, multifocal
Etiol. Dx: Pulmonary blastomycosis
Etiology: Blastomyces dermatitidis
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Multifocal to coalescing lesions start as multiple foci, but as they grow, they
merge into fewer larger nodules.
DISTRIBUTION – Multifocal to coalescing
Example (cat):
Morph. Dx: Nephritis, (pyo)granulomatous, multifocal to coalescing
Name of Disease: Feline infectious peritonitis
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DISTRIBUTION – Locally (focally) extensive
Definition • involvement of considerable area
within an organ
• often use segmental for tubular organ
Possible origins • severe local reactions that spread into
adjacent tissue
Example:
Morph. Dx: Bronchopneumonia,
suppurative, locally
extensive
Etiol. Dx: Pasteurella pneumonia
Etiology : Pasteurella multocida
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DISTRIBUTION - Diffuse
• involves entire organ or tissue
• can vary in severity
• etiology often viral or toxic
Example:
Morph. Dx: Pneumonia, interstitial, diffuse
Etiol. Dx: Toxic pneumonia
Etiology: Paraquat
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Adapted from: Mechanisms of Disease 3rd ed, Slauson and Cooper, Figure 4-3 page 149
Classification of Inflammation
To make a morphologic diagnosis of an inflammatory response
Organ [Anatomic
subtype]
Exudate (type of inflammation)
Distribution Duration Extent
Nephritis Interstitial Suppurative Focal Peracute Minimal
Glomerulo- Fibrinous Multifocal Acute Mild
Pneumonia Broncho- Necrotizing Locally extensive
(segmental) Subacute Moderate
Enteritis Granulomatous Diffuse Chronic Marked
Hepatitis Catarrhal Chronic-active (severe)
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.
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DURATION – Peracute Inflammation
Features
• hyperemia / hemorrhage, slight edema
• few inflammatory cells
• if highly pathogenic agent, often few clinical signs shock / sudden death
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Peracute Inflammation
Definition: very acute
• usually due to a potent stimulus (eg virus, bee sting)
• few gross or histo lesions: as little time for a tissue response.
Time: 0-4 hours
Example (mute swan):
Morph. Dx:
Pericarditis (includes epicarditis), hemorrhagic,
multifocal, peracute
Etiology: Avian Influenza (highly pathogenic H5N1)
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Example:
Morph. Dx:
Peritonitis, fibrinous, diffuse, acute
DURATION – Acute Inflammation
Time
• 4-6 hours to 3-5 days
Vascular Involvement
• active hyperemia + edema
• fibrin on tissue surfaces/cavities
Inflammatory cells
• neutrophils predominate
Lymphatics
• remove exudate
Cardinal Signs
• rubor, calor, tumor, dolor
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DURATION – Acute Inflammation
Example (pig):
Morph. Dx: Bronchitis, suppurative, multifocal, acute
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DURATION – Subacute Inflammation
Example:
Morph. Dx:
Colitis, lymphoplasmacytic, segmental, subacute
Definition:
• transition between acute & chronic
Time
• few days to ~1 week
Inflammatory cells
• mix of LØ’s / PC’s (often predominate) & MØ’s, PMN’s
Vascular involvement
• less hemorrhage, hyperemia & edema than in acute
• no evidence of repair
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DURATION – Subacute Inflammation
Example (horse):
Morph. Dx: Arteritis,
lymphoplasmacytic, focal,
subacute
Etiol. Dx: Equine Viral Arteritis
• we often see primarily lymphocytic accumulation in viral infections
• these are often referred to as subacute (regardless of actual duration)
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DURATION – Subacute Inflammation
• we often see primarily lymphocytic accumulation in viral infections
• these are often referred to as subacute (regardless of actual duration)
Example:
Morph. Dx: Encephalitis, non-
suppurative, focal, subacute
Etiol. Dx: Viral disease (several)
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DURATION – Chronic Inflammation
pyogranuloma
Definition:
• inflammation that persists over a long period of time.
• result of a persistent inflammatory stimulus (failure to completely eliminate agent)
• usually some degree of repair (regeneration & fibrosis)
Time:
• weeks to years
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Morph. dx: Enteritis, granulomatous, segmental, chronic
Etiology: Mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis
DURATION – Chronic Inflammation
May be an insidious, low-grade, subclinical process with no evidence of an acute episode
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DURATION – Chronic Inflammation
Epithelioid macrophage
Multinucleated giant cell
Morph. dx: Enteritis, granulomatous, segmental, chronic
Etiology: Mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis
May be an insidious, low-grade, subclinical process with no evidence of an acute episode
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DURATION – Chronic Inflammation
Morph. dx:
Dermatitis,
granulomatous,
multifocal, chronic
Etiol. dx:
Fungal dermatitis
Etiology:
Blastomyces sp
Histo
• mononuclear inflammatory cells – MØ’s (EM’s / MGC’s), LØ’s, PC’s
• see fibrosis (fibroblasts / collagen) and angiogenesis / neovascularization (proliferating small vessels)
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DURATION – Chronic Inflammation • lesions due to larva migrans are sometimes granulomatous
Morph. Dx: Nephritis, granulomatous, focal, chronic, with intralesional ascarid larva
Name of disease: Visceral larva migrans
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DURATION – Chronic Inflammation
Granulation tissue (REPAIR):
• neovascularization and fibrous tissue proliferation
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Definition
• usual characteristics of chronicity, with superimposed features of acute inflammation
• usually host has failed to adequately contain the inciting agent
Time • chronic time frame (with overlapping acute features)
DURATION – Chronic-active Inflammation
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DURATION – Chronic-active Inflammation
Morph. Dx: Pericarditis (epicarditis), fibrinosuppurative, diffuse, chronic (chronic-active)
Name of condition: Traumatic reticulopericarditis (hardware disease)
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Morph. Dx (horse):
Pericarditis (epicarditis), fibrinous,
diffuse, chronic (chronic-active), severe,
with abundant fibrosis
Chronic-active Inflammation
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DURATION - Review of Time Frame
Peracute 0-4 hours
Acute 4-6 hours to 3-5 days
Subacute Few to several days
Chronic Weeks / Months / Years
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FIBRIN NEUTROPHILS
(pus) ACUTE
FIBROSIS NEUTROPHILS
and/or FIBRIN
CHRONIC-ACTIVE
GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION
FIBROSIS CHRONIC
OR
OR
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Adapted from: Mechanisms of Disease 3rd ed, Slauson and Cooper, Figure 4-3 page 149
Classification of Inflammation
To make a morphologic diagnosis of an inflammatory response
Organ [Anatomic
subtype]
Exudate (type of inflammation)
Distribution Duration Extent
Nephritis Interstitial Suppurative Focal Peracute Minimal
Glomerulo- Fibrinous Multifocal Acute Mild
Pneumonia Broncho- Necrotizing Locally extensive
(segmental) Subacute Moderate
Enteritis Granulomatous Diffuse Chronic Marked
Hepatitis Catarrhal Chronic-active (severe)
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.
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EXTENT- How severe is it?
Mild - not too bad
• Tissue damage
absent or minimal
• Inflammatory cells
few
• Vascular involvement
little edema &/or congestion
Morph. Dx:
Myocarditis, suppurative (neutrophilic),
multifocal, acute, mild
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Example (cow):
Morph. Dx:
Myocarditis, suppurative (neutrophilic),
multifocal, acute, moderate
EXTENT- How severe is it?
Mild
Moderate - fairly bad
• Tissue damage some obvious damage present
• Inflammatory cells yes - some inflammatory cells
• Vascular involvement edema and hemorrhage likely
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EXTENT- How severe is it?
Example (cow):
Morph. Dx:
Myocarditis, suppurative, multifocal to
coalescing, acute to subacute, severe
Mild
Moderate
Marked (severe) - really bad
• ↑ Tissue damage
• ↑ Inflammatory cells
• ↑ Vascular involvement lots of edema &/or hemorrhage
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HISTORY AND SIGNALMENT:
3-month-old feeder pig with history of weight
loss for several weeks. Given antibiotics
yesterday, but dead today.
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http://w3.vet.cornell.edu
NECROPSY
1. Description:
The inner surface of the pericardial sac and the epicardium of the heart are
diffusely covered by abundant white, stringy, friable / elastic material (fibrin),
loosely attached. The pericardial sac is moderately to markedly thickened.
[A small amount of turbid gray fluid escaped when the pericardium was opened]
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Myocardium
Epicardium
2. On low power the epicardium is thickened with a rough surface
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Myocardium
Epicardium
2. The deeper part of the epicardium is thickened
by loose connective tissue with edema (clear
spaces), several small blood vessels and moderate
numbers of inflammatory cells
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Surface of Epicardium.
3. Fibrin
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Higher Magnification of outer surface
4. Degenerated neutrophils and other cellular debris
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B. capillary
A. fibrin
D. fibrosis
C. fibroblast
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6. Histological Description
Heart:
The epicardium (& pericardium) is diffusely thickened and
infiltrated by inflammatory cells. The thickening is due to
increased numbers of fibroblasts and capillaries, with
moderate edema and infiltration of inflammatory cells, mostly
macrophages and lymphocytes (mononuclear inflammatory
cells)
Many degenerated neutrophils are present on the surface,
admixed with very abundant eosinophilic material (fibrin) and
necrotic debris.
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Extent Severe
Duration Chronic-active
Distribution Diffuse
Exudate Fibrinous or fibrinosuppurative
Anatomic Modifiers Pericarditis (includes epicarditis)
7. MORPHOLOGIC DIAGNOSIS
Etiologic Diagnosis: Bacterial infection
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PATHOGENESIS:
Bacteria gained entrance into the pericardial sac - likely
localized from blood stream during sepsis (ie hematogenous
spread during bacteremia). The fibrosis nearest the heart and
fibrinous inflammation on the surface suggests failure to clear
the agent (bacteria) with continuous acute inflammation on
the surface with on-going healing (chronic) underneath.