Microscopical anomalies

Articles

• metaplasia
  11 July 2003

  Definition: Metaplasia is the reversible replacement of one differentiated cell type with another differentiated cell type.
  Metaplasia causes precursor cells to change their cell fate, and do not change existing differentiated cells.
  Metaplasia is reversible and usually occurs in response to chronic irritation and inflammation and allows for substitution of cells that are better able to survive under circumstances in which a more fragile cell type might succumb.
  Metaplasia is a (...)

• hypertrophy
  3 June 2003

  Definition: Hypertrophy refers to an increase in the size of cells, resulting in an increase in the size of the organ.
  Pathogenesis
  The hypertrophied organ has no new cells, just larger cells. The increased size of the cells is due not to cellular swelling but to the synthesis of more structural components.
  Cells capable of division may respond to stress by undergoing both hyperplasia and hypertrophy, whereas in nondividing cells (e.g., myocardial fibers), hypertrophy occurs.
  Nuclei (...)

• bridging necrosis
  27 January 2004

  Definition: Bridging necrosis is the term given to confluent necrosis linking terminal venules to portal tracts. The term "Bridging necrosis" has been used for necrosis linking any of the vascular structures, but it is now more often restricted to the linking of terminal hepatic venules (centrilobular veins) to portal tracts (central-portal bridging necrosis).
  Bridging necrosis describes the location rather than the type of necrosis. It usually results from extensive necrosis of confluent (...)

• colonic cryptitis
  29 May 2004

  colonic glandulitis
  Etiology (Examples)
  IBDs Crohn colitis ulcerative colitis
  acute colitis infectious colitis
  See also
  colonic mucosal anomalies colonic cryptic anomalies

• suppurative granuloma
  26 April 2004

  tuberculoid granuloma with central suppuration, suppurative tuberculoid granuloma, suppurative granuloma; suppurative epithelioid granuloma; abscess-forming granulomatous lymphadenitis
  Etiology
  chalazion
  chronic granulomatous disease (MIM.306400)
  bacterial infections cat scratch disease lymphogranuloma venereum tularemia Yersinia infection actinomycosis
  mycobacterial infection
  fungal infections blastomycosis nocardiosis
  Links
  http://granuloma.homestead.com/suppurative.html (...)

• ductular reaction
  25 June 2003

  neoductular proliferation, portal ductal proliferation, ductular proliferation

• intimal fibrosis
  12 March 2004

  fibrous intimal thickening, concentric intimal thickening, fibrous intimal thickening

• acidophilic degeneration of hepatocytes
  25 January 2004

  Etiology
  acute viral hepatitis

• gliomatosis peritonei
  23 August 2004

  Definition: Gliomatosis peritonei is characterized by the occurrence of nodules of mature glial tissues in the peritoneum.
  Gliomatosis peritonei is a rare condition that occurs almost exclusively in the setting of ovarian immature teratoma.
  It is controversial whether glial tissues are derived from maturation of the associated teratomatous tissue that has implanted in the peritoneum, or glial differentiation of subperitoneal stem cells.
  Associations
  mature teratoma
  immature teratoma (...)

• Glandulitis
  1 June 2004

  Localization
  digestive glandulitis gastric glandulitis intestinal glandulitis (intestinal cryptitis) colonic glandulitis (colonic cryptitis)

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