24. Bronchopneumonia: Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''Staining''': HE '''Organ''': Lung '''Description''': The otherwise normal parenchyme contain multiple foci. The alveoli inside these foci are filled with exudate and acute inflammatory cells, mostly neutrophils. '''Diagnosis''': Bronchopneumonia '''Theory''': Compare this slide to lobar pneumonia, slide number 25. In bronchopneumonia is the inflammation present in foci spread evenly throughout all lobes. The inflammation doesn’t diffusely affect the whole lun..." |
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'''Staining''': HE | [[File:Bronchopneumonia - overview.png|thumb|Overview of the slide]]'''Staining''': HE | ||
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The alveoli contain purulent exudate (pus), which consists of neutrophils, necrotic cells and oedema fluid. This is therefore the purulent stage of pneumonia. | The alveoli contain purulent exudate (pus), which consists of neutrophils, necrotic cells and oedema fluid. This is therefore the purulent stage of pneumonia. | ||
[[File:Bronchopneumonia - one focus.png|thumb|Close-up of one focus. Seeing the alveolar structures can be hard when they’re filled with neutrophils. I’ve circled one of them.|left]] | |||
[[File:Bronchopneumonia - one focus.png | [[File:Bronchopneumonia - close-up.png|thumb|Close-up of an alveolus inside a focus. The cells are mostly neutrophils.]] | ||
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[[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]] | [[Category:Pathology 1 - Histopathology slides]] | ||