brown induration (redirected from Chronic Passive Pulmonary Congestion)

induration /in·du·ra·tion/ (in″du-ra´shun)

1. sclerosis or hardening.

2. hardness.

3. an abnormally hard spot or place.in´durative

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black induration  hardening and pigmentation of lung tissue in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

brown induration 

1. a deposit of altered blood pigment in the lung.

2. increase of pulmonary connective tissue, dark colored due to anthracosis or chronic congestion from valvular heart disease.

cyanotic induration  hardening of the kidney from chronic venous congestion.

granular induration  cirrhosis.

gray induration  induration of lung tissue in or after pneumonia, without the pigmentation of brown induration.

penile induration  Peyronie's disease.

red induration  red, congested lung tissue seen in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Brown Induration

A gross finding in any chronic condition with long-standing transalveolar leakage of blood, often accompanied by increased pulmonary venous pressure
Aetiology CHF, Goodpasture’s disease, hemosiderosis, mechanical obstruction of pulmonary vein, mitral valve stenosis

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induration [in″du-ra´shun]

1. the quality of being hard.

2. the process of becoming hard; called also hardening and sclerosis.

3. an abnormally hard spot or place. adj., adj indura´tive.

black induration the hardening and pigmentation of the lung tissue seen in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.

brown induration

1. a deposit of altered blood pigment in the lung in pneumonia.

2. increase of the pulmonary connective tissue and excessive pigmentation, due to chronic congestion from valvular heart disease, or to anthracosis. See also gray induration.

cyanotic induration hardening of an organ from chronic venous congestion.

granular induration cirrhosis.

gray induration induration of lung tissue in or after pneumonia, without the pigmentation seen in brown induration.

red induration red, congested lung tissue seen in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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induration

the quality of being hard; the process of hardening; an abnormally hard spot or place.

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black induration

the hardening and pigmentation of the lung tissue, as in pneumonia.

brown induration

1. a deposit of altered blood pigment in the lung in pneumonia.

2. an increase of the pulmonary connective tissue and excessive pigmentation, due to chronic congestion from valvular heart disease, or to anthracosis.

cyanotic induration

hardening of an organ from chronic venous congestion.

granular induration

cirrhosis.

gray induration

induration of lung tissue in or after pneumonia, without pigmentation.

red induration

interstitial pneumonia in which the lung is red and congested.