Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 1. General Pathological Processes - A. M. Romaniuk 2016
Morphology of inflammation and immunopathological processes
Fibrinous-suppurative pleurisy
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Fibrinous-suppurative Pleurisy
The specimen demonstrates a lung with pleural inflammation. The visceral Pleura is thickened and grayish due to the deposition of fibrin and purulent exudate. In this case, There is a mixed-type exudative inflammation. Outcomes: Organization with The formation of adhesions (scar tissue) between the visceral and parietal pleura, leading to adhesive pleurisy; development of Pleural Empyema.
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