caseation necrosis


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ca·se·ous ne·cro·sis

, caseation necrosis
necrosis characteristic of certain inflammations (for example, tuberculosis, histoplasmosis), which represents necrosis with loss of separate structures of the various cellular and histologic elements; affected tissue manifests the friable, crumbly consistency and dull, opaque quality observed in cheese.
Synonym(s): caseous degeneration

caseation necrosis

Etymology: L, caseus, cheese; Gk, nekros, dead, osis, condition

ca·se·ous ne·cro·sis

, caseation necrosis (kā'sē-ŭs nĕ-krō'sis, kā-sē-ā'shŭn)
Necrosis characteristic of certain inflammations (e.g., tuberculosis, histoplasmosis); affected tissue manifests the friable, crumbly consistency and dull, opaque quality observed in cheese.
Synonym(s): caseous degeneration.

ca·se·ous ne·cro·sis

, caseation necrosis (kā'sē-ŭs nĕ-krō'sis, kā-sē-ā'shŭn)
Necrosis characteristic of some inflammations; affected tissue manifests the crumbly consistency and dull opaque quality of cheese. Also called caseous degeneration.
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Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis in Isolated Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenopathy
The histological picture of hepatic tuberculoma is usually that of a large epithelioid tumour composed of conglomerate tubercles with central caseation necrosis.
A rare case of isolated macronodular hepatic tuberculosis (Tuberculous) in an immunocompetent patient
The youngest patient was a two year old female child with a cold abscess on front of chest wall and the oldest patient was a 70 year old male presenting with a supraclavicular mass reported as Tuberculosis with extensive Caseation necrosis on FNAC.
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This revealed miliary tuberculosis with diffuse granulomatous disease, caseation necrosis, and acid fast organisms identified at multi-organ sites including the liver, lungs, kidneys and adrenal glands.
An Unusual Case of Severe Jaundice. (Abstracts)
Neither caseation necrosis nor mitotic figures were identified.
A Case of a 35-Year-Old Man With Cauda Equina Syndrome
KEY WORDS: Caseation necrosis, Epithelioid granuloma, FNAC, Lymph node, Tuberculous lymphadenitis.
Morphological spectrum and accuracy of fine needle aspiration cytology in tuberculous lymphadenitis
Gross section of the mass show multiple areas of caseation necrosis with stricture at the intestinal boarder (Fig.
Tuberculosis of Meckel's diverticulum causing intestinal obstruction, a rare encounter
epithelioid cell granulomas are observed histologically in both diseases, caseation necrosis is rarely observed in GR.
Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei: A case report
Pathologic findings showed granulomatous inflammation with caseation necrosis, foreign body-type giant cells, and proliferative endarteritis with vascular occlusions.
Rapidly progressive dementia due to Mycobacterium neoaurum meningoencephalitis
32% showed tuberculosis and were characterized by presence of confluent granulomas with areas of caseation necrosis, aggregation of epithelioid cells, Langhans giant cells and lymphocytic infiltrate.
Clinico-colonoscopic and histomorphological spectrum of colonic diseases in an academic tertiary care centre
Biopsy revealed fragments of fibrocollagenous tissue with areas of caseation necrosis, and epithelioid granulomas with Langhan type multinucleated giant cells.
A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis from Interior Sindh
DISCUSSION: Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous infection characterized by caseation necrosis and great propensity for fibrosis and calcification.
Role of imaging in management of pulmonary tuberculosis

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