Changes

===Mucoid Degeneration===

===Mucoid Degeneration===

4. Mucoid ( mucinous, myxomatous ) degeneration - changes in epithelial tissue

* Mucoid degeneration is also known as mucinous or myomatous degeneration.

or ground substance (matrix) produced by fibroblasts in connective tissue..

* Mucoid degeneration involves chanages in epithelial tissue or the extracellular matrix/ ground substance.

 

This is an extracellular phenomenon of some specific cells. They tend to show a bluish tinge

This is an extracellular phenomenon of some specific cells. They tend to show a bluish tinge

in H&E stained sections.

in H&E stained sections.