25. Fibrinous pericarditis – cor villosum

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Organ: Heart + pericardium

Description:

Everywhere on the surface of the pericardium can a thin, network like diffuse material be seen. In some parts it looks like a spider-web.

Diagnosis: Cor villosum = fibrinous pericarditis

Causes (from most to least common):

  • Uraemia
  • Infection
    • Mostly viral infection, mostly from the coxsackie virus
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Rheumatic fever

Theory:

Fibrinous pericarditis is a type of fibrinous acute inflammation. The exudate is fibrinous, meaning that it contains fibrin. It should say fibrinous on the pictures as well.

Cor villosum one side
Cor villosum other side