Difference between revisions of "Lungs Circulatory - Pathology"
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*Leads to pulmonary oedema (below) | *Leads to pulmonary oedema (below) | ||
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*In animals, it is most commonly a sequel of '''widespread fibrosis in the lung''' or [[Bronchitis#Chronic bronchitis|chronic bronchitis or bronchiolitis]] which stimulates hypertrophy in the walls of small arteries | *In animals, it is most commonly a sequel of '''widespread fibrosis in the lung''' or [[Bronchitis#Chronic bronchitis|chronic bronchitis or bronchiolitis]] which stimulates hypertrophy in the walls of small arteries | ||
*Severe prolonged pulmonary hypertension leads to [[Cor Pulmonale|'''cor pulmonale''']], right-sided heart failure secondary to primary lung disease | *Severe prolonged pulmonary hypertension leads to [[Cor Pulmonale|'''cor pulmonale''']], right-sided heart failure secondary to primary lung disease | ||
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==Test yourself with the Lungs Pathology Flashcards== | ==Test yourself with the Lungs Pathology Flashcards== | ||
Revision as of 17:06, 19 February 2011
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Pulmonary Hyperaemia
- Localised or diffuse as part of acute inflammation
Congestion
- Decreased outflow of venous blood
- Most commonly caused by left-sided or bilateral cardiac failure
- Stagnant blood in pulmonary vessels -> red blood cells move into alveoli and are phagocytosed -> haemosiderin in macrophages (heart failure cells)
- One-sided in post-mortem hypostatic congestion
- Acute pulmonary congestion is seen after barbiturate euthanasia
- Leads to pulmonary oedema (below)
Pulmonary Oedema
Pulmonary haemorrhage
- Potential sequel of septicaemias, bleeding disorders, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and severe congestion, severe acute inflammation, "back splashing" at slaughter (aspiration of blood)
- Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH)
Embolism, thrombosis and infarction
- Lungs are strategically situated to catch emboli carried in venous blood
- Because the lung is supplied by both pulmonary and bronchial arteries and has extensive collateral channels, infarction usually does not follow embolism or thrombosis unless pulmonary circulation is already compromised
- In animals, greatest risk comes from:
- Tumor emboli
- From e.g.: osteosarcoma and haemangiosarcoma in dogs, uterine carcinoma in cattle
- Septic emboli
- From bacterial endocarditis, jugular thrombophlebitis, hepatic abscesses etc.
- May cause unexpected death if in large numbers
- May develop suppurative pneumonia -> pulmonary abscesses, arteritis, thrombosis
- Tumor emboli
- Pulmonary infarcts usually occur when there is embolisation or thrombosis during general circulatory collapse or passive congestion of heart failure
- Pulmonary thromboembolism is a sequel to in cattle to large emboli from liver abscesses close to the vena cava
- Death may ocur due to massive haemorrhaging into lung tissue
- Parasites (e.g. Dirofilaria immitis, Angiostrongylus vasorum) may be responsible
- Long-term intravenous catheterisation may cuse thrombi pieces breaking off and lodging in pulmonary vessels
Pulmonary hypertension
- Caused by left-to-right vascular shunts or increased resistance of the pulmonary vascular system
- In animals, it is most commonly a sequel of widespread fibrosis in the lung or chronic bronchitis or bronchiolitis which stimulates hypertrophy in the walls of small arteries
- Severe prolonged pulmonary hypertension leads to cor pulmonale, right-sided heart failure secondary to primary lung disease