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CASEOUS NECROSIS [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • Bronchi
DEF

Necrosis with soft, dry, cheeselike formation, usually seen in tuberculosis or syphilis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Bronches
DEF

Dégénérescence au cours de laquelle le tissu atteint se change en caséum.

CONT

Au niveau des foyers de nécrose caséeuse, les BK [bacilles de Koch] extracellulaires, sensibles à la plupart des antituberculeux se multiplient activement et sont les éléments de contagiosité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas
  • Bronquios
DEF

Muerte tisular que incluye alteraciones de la integridad celular con la consecuente conversión a una sustancia parecida al queso, típica de la tuberculosis.

OBS

Caseificación o caseosa. (degeneración). (Del lat. caseous, queso). f. (Vetter, 1803). Forma de necrosis que afecta al centro de los tubérculos. Se caracteriza por la formación de una materia gris amarillenta, compacta, granulosa y que al corte presenta el aspecto de un pedazo de queso Roquefort.

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