caseous necrosis
Cheese-like tissue death
Caseous necrosis is a form of tissue death in which the affected area takes on a soft, white, cheese-like appearance.
The term comes from the Latin word for cheese.
This type of necrosis is characteristic of tuberculosis, where it appears at the center of granulomas—the body's walled-off response to infection.
The biopsy revealed caseous necrosis consistent with TB.
Inflammatory mass walling off foreign material
- tubercleSmall rounded projection
- mycobacteriumGenus of tuberculosis bacteria
- Koch's bacillusTuberculosis-causing microorganism
- pulmonaryOf the lungs
cavitary · scrofula · extrapulmonary · consumption · phthisis · tuberculin · MTB · latent
Conversion to liquid state
- enzymaticInvolving biological catalysts
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- ischemiaInsufficient tissue blood supply
- hypoxiaInsufficient tissue oxygenation
immune response · T-cells · cytokines · apoptosis · proteolysis · antigen · containment · walling off
Forming inflammatory tissue masses
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
biopsy · histology · multinucleated · palisading · microscopy · specimen · cytoplasm
granuloma
Inflammatory mass walling off foreign material
- tubercleSmall rounded projection
- mycobacteriumGenus of tuberculosis bacteria
- Koch's bacillusTuberculosis-causing microorganism
pulmonary · cavitary · scrofula · extrapulmonary · consumption · phthisis · tuberculin · MTB · latent · reactivation
liquefaction
Conversion to liquid state
- enzymaticInvolving biological catalysts
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- ischemiaInsufficient tissue blood supply
hypoxia · immune response · T-cells · cytokines · apoptosis · proteolysis · antigen · containment · walling off · degeneration
granulomatous
Forming inflammatory tissue masses
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
- fibrosisPathological connective tissue buildup
calcification · biopsy · histology · multinucleated · palisading · microscopy · specimen · cytoplasm
- tuberculosisTB, tubercle, tuberculosis, active TB, cavitation
- cell pathologyapoptosis, cell death, cell lysis, DNA damage, atrophy
- necrosistissue death, cell death, gangrene, gas gangrene, osteonecrosis
- urogenital TB