Difference between revisions of "Lungs Degenerative - Pathology"

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Carbon in the connective tissue around airways and vessels, after being brought and deposited there - sequestration - by macrophages from the alveoli

Generally associated with hypervitaminosis D or from ingested vitamin D analogues
Common sequel to uraemia in dogs and pulmonary necrosis
Lungs may fail to collapse on opening the thorax
See general pathology

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+'''[[Lungs Ventilation - Pathology|Disturbances of Ventilation]]'''
+'''[[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology|Disturbances of Circulation]]'''
+</big>
+==[[Pigmentation - Pathology|Pigmentation]]==
+*Permanent abnormal discoloration
+===Melanosis===
+*Individual parenchymal lobules are affected
+*Pigment is present in the alveolar walls of calves and lambs
+*Most likely [[Lungs Developmental - Pathology#Congenital melanosis|congenital]]
+===Anthracosis===
+*Diffuse greyish discoloration
+Carbon in the connective tissue around airways and vessels, after being brought and deposited there - sequestration - by macrophages from the alveoli
+*Used to be seen in town-dwelling dogs and cats
+==Calcification==
+*Generally associated with hypervitaminosis D or from ingested vitamin D analogues
+*Common sequel to [[Kidney Renal Failure - Pathology#Uraemia|uraemia]] in dogs and pulmonary necrosis
+*Lungs may fail to collapse on opening the thorax
+*See [[Mineralisation - Pathology#Calcification|general pathology]]
+[[Category:Respiratory System - Pathology]]