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focal lesion

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focal lesion
Etymology: L, focus hearth + laesio, hurting
an infection, tumor, or injury that develops at a restricted or circumscribed area of tissue.


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1 It follows a chronic course, evolving from a discrete focal lesion to a large fungating deeply penetrating mass.
20-22 The WHO defines AAH as a localized proliferation of mild to moderately atypical cells lining involved alveoli and sometimes respiratory bronchioles, resulting in focal lesions in peripheral alveolated lung, usually less than 5 mm in diameter.
Meningoangiomatosis is a rare benign focal lesion of the cerebellum and underlying cortex.
 
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