General
and Systemic Histopathology, C601&C602
Slide 210: Infectious pericarditis
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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. |
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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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