INFLAMMATION
Definition:” Local response of living mammalian
tissues to injury from any agent. It’s a body
defense reaction in order to eliminate or limit the
spread of injurious agents,followed by removal
of the necroses cells and tissues”
It is characterised by:
}Redness
}Swelling
}Heat
}Pain
Inflammation of 2types
1)Acute inflammation
2)Chronic inflammation
*(CHRONIC INFLAMMATION)
Defined as “long lasting
prolonged inflammatory
response”
Destruction and inflammation
occur at the same time.
Causes of Chronic inflammation
1)Persistent infection
>Organism of low toxicity that invoke delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
eg: M.tuberculosis & T.pallidum.
2)Prolonged exposure to potentially toxic agent
>Exogenous agents like Silica—->Silicosis
>Endogenous cause atherosclerosis—->Toxic plasma lipid components.
3)Autoimmunity
>Auto-antigens provoke self-perpetuating immune response
Eg- Rheumatoid arthritis,Multiple sclerosis
>Response against common environmental substances
Eg-Bronchial asthma
General features
Histological features
Mononuclear infiltration (Macrophages,lymphocytes and plasma cells) due
to persistent reaction to injury .
Tissue destruction induced by persistent agent or inflammatory cells.
Proliferative changes Attempts at healing by connective tissues,
replacement of damaged tissue with angiogenesis and fibrosis.
Systemic effects of chronic inflammation
1)Fever
2)Anaemia
3)Leucocytosis(predominantly lymphocytes)
4)ESR(elevated in chronic inflammation)
5)Amyloidosis
Types of chronic inflammation
Chronic non-specific inflammation:
Irritant——->non-specific chronic inflammatory
reactions——>Granulation tissue and tissue
repair by fibrosis.
Eg Chronic osteomyelitis,Chronic ulcer,Lungs
abscess.
Chronic granulomatous inflammation :
Etiological agent causes a characteristic
morphological tissue response by formation of
granuloma.
Eg tuberculosis,Syphilis etc Thank you
What is granuloma??
Its a circumscribed collection of epithelioids cells surrounded at the periphery by
lymphocytes and may contain a few multinucleate giant cells.
Its formation is type IV Hypersensitivity reaction .
EVOLUTION OF GRANULOMA
1)Engulfment by Macrophages
2)CD4+ Tcells
3)Cytokines
4)Growth factor
Morphology of Granuloma
1)Epithelioid cells
2)Multinucletae giant cells(eg: Langhans GC)
3)Lymphoid cells
4)Necrosis
5)Fibrosis
GIANT CELLS
Features:
Large in size
Contain multiple nuclei(15-30)
Normally seen in:
Osteoclast in bones
Synctiotrophoblast in placenta
Pathologically seen in:
Inflammatory condition
Tumour giant cells in certain neoplasm