Pathological Anatomy. Atlas of Macroscopic Specimens - Part 2. Pathology of Individual Organs and Systems - A. M. Romaniuk 2016
Pathology of the Cardiovascular System. Diffuse Connective Tissue Diseases. Pathology of the Respiratory System
Fibro-cavernous tuberculosis
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A chronic form of tuberculosis. It occurs when a previously healed primary lesion undergoes a progressive course characterized by alternating flare-ups and remissions. The body becomes sensitized, leading to paraspecific changes, which refer to various mesenchymal CELLULAR REACTIONS IN the form of diffuse or nodular proliferation of lymphocytes and macrophages, hyperplastic processes in the hematopoietic tissue, fibrinoid Changes in the Connective Tissue and arteriolar walls in Organs, dysproteinemia, and sometimes The Development of amyloidosis.
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