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General and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
     
    Slide 210: Infectious pericarditis
     
    This is a narrow strip of heart, including myocardium and epicardial fat. You want to look along the edge of the epicardium for the inflammatory cells. Again, looking at the normal condition will help you appreciate how much inflammation is really here.

    See this slide with the virtual microscope.

    Some of the cells here are part of granulation tissue. What cell do you identify as the principal inflammatory cell? What does say about the infectious agent if lymphocytes represent the majority of the inflammatory reaction? PMNs?


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