Inflammation

Questions and answers on inflammation:

 

Q: What exactly is kinin, and what is the function of it?

Acute inflammation:

Q: What is the difference between acute and chronic inflammation?

Q: What is the definition of hyperemia?

Q: Consequences of complement activation

Q: According to Aortitis Syphilitica, what kinds of pathological changes are important to notice?

Q: Acute pericarditis

Q: What is the exact difference between transudate and exudate?

 Q: I find it difficult to distinguish between neutrophils and lymphocytes in microscopic preparations. How can I tell the difference?

Q: Are abscess, flegmone and empyem three DIFFERENT types of acute inflammation or are they all categorized as a SINGLE type of acute inflammation (purulent)?

Q: What gives pus its yellow color?

Q: We are wondering how mast cells are activated in acute and chronic inflammation?

Q: Which bacteria causes colitis with pseudomembranes?

Q: Can acute inflammation itself cause amyloidosis?

Chronic inflammation:

Q: classical and alternatively activated macrophages

Q: Why is at possible to find foreign body gaint cells in granulomas caused by tuberculosis and sarciodosis?

Q: How are giant cells formed?

Q: What is the definition of ulceration and why can’t it occur in the brain?

Q: Can brain ulceration occur?

Q: Can peptic ulcers develop outside the stomach and duodenum?

Q: Amyloidosis and inflammation

Q: How do you describe the inflammatory process occurring in the pulp of teeth?

Q: How can i differentiate between acute and chronic inflammation?

Q: When does langhans giant cell and  foreign body giant cells occur?

Q: What is the difference/correlation between granlomatous inflammation, granulation tissue and granuloma?

Tissue repair

Q: What is the definition of resolution, regeneration and scarring/fibrosis in relation to the healing process and inflammation?

 Q: Resolution vs. regeneration

Q: The healing cascade

Q: What is known about the healing process following an infection in the brain. Why does the liquefactive necrosis form, and do we see any pointers to possible treatments for brain infections?