Micro Specimens 1-7 Concluding 1
Micro Specimens 1-7 Concluding 1
Micro Specimens 1-7 Concluding 1
Hemodynamic disorders II
I. Microspecimens:
Cross section through the vein, the lumen is obturated by a thrombus, consisting of a network
of filaments and homogeneous, eosinophilic masses of fibrin, in which there are figurative
elements of the blood, predominantly hemolysed erythrocytes. The thrombus adheres to the
vessel intima.
Pulmonary lymphatic vessels, which accompany blood vessels, are dilated, in their lumen are
present clusters of cancer cells (cell emboli).
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In the cerebral tissue, agglomerations of red blood cells (haemorrhagic foci) are observed,
arranged in shape of rings around small blood vessels; the integrity of the blood vessel
walls is preserved.
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The intima of the aorta is irregular, rough, with multiple protrusions of the wall (atherosclerotic plaques) and
ulcerations, covered with atheromatous masses of yellow color; there is a parietal thrombus, adherent to the intima
of red-dark color, dense consistency, irregular surface.
In the common trunk of the pulmonary artery or at the level of the bifurcation, fragments of dark red cylindrical
thrombi of 0.5-1.0 cm diameter are observed, which do not adhere to the vessel wall (thromboemboli); at the level
of the bifurcation the thrombus obstructs the lumen of both pulmonary arteries, having the appearance of "rider in
the saddle".
Fatal intracerebral
hemorrhage
(per rhexis).
Petechial hemorrhages in the
epicardium of the heart. Hemopericardium.
Per
diapedesis
Per
rhexis
Hemorrhage
Definition:
“Extravasation of blood due to vessel rupture”
Types: (depending on the site, extent and
location)
External
Internal
Hematoma: ‘Blood within the tissue’
(small; like a Bruise, or sufficiently large as to
be fatal)
Causes of hemorrhage:
- vascular diseases with rupture (atherosclerosis,
arteritis, aneurysms, etc.).
Local activation of
the coagulation
cascade (involving
tissue factor and
platelet
phospholipids)
results in fibrin
polymerization,
"cementing" the
platelets into a
definitive
secondary
hemostatic plug.
Diagrammatic
representation of the
normal hemostatic process
Counter -
regulatory
mechanisms, such as
release of tissue
type plasminogen
activator (t-PA)
(fibrinolytic) and
thrombomodulin
(interfering with the
coagulation
cascade), limit the
hemostatic process
to the site of injury.
Mural
thrombi.
Sites of Thrombosis
in heart (atria , ventricles & on valves); in arteries ; in veins ; and
in capillaries.
Large mural
thrombus on top of Left atrial mural thrombus in a
myocardial infarction case of rheumatic mitral stenosis
Venous Thrombi:
Fates
Organization
Ingrowth of cells
into thrombus with
incorporation into
wall
Resolution
It goes away
Embolization
Travels from its
site of origin to a
distal part of
circulation
VENOUS THROMBI FATES
Arterial Thrombi
Morphology Adherent masses of
blood that demonstrate
areas of pale
alternating with areas
of red
Lines of Zahn
Coronary
Atheorsclerosis
Coronary
Thrombosis
With Infarction
Arterial Thrombi
Morphology
Arterial Thrombi
Outcome
Fat embolus in a
glomerulus
Thrombo-
embolism
PARADOXICAL EMBOLI
EMBOLI WHICH
TRAVEL FROM
VENOUS TO
ARTERIAL
CIRCULATION
VIA A
COMMUNICATIO
N BETWEEN
ARTERIAL AND
VENOUS
CIRCULATION