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===[[Granulomatous Inflammation]]===
 
===[[Granulomatous Inflammation]]===
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===Granulation Tissue===
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===[[Granulation Tissue]]===
[[Image:granultion tissue histology.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Granulation tissue (Courtesty of BioMed Archive)]]
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* Is completlely different to granulomatous inflammation, despite the similarity in name!
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* Occurs on the surface of the skin where large areas of the epithelium have been lost.
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* Makes up the lining of sinus tracts discharging from deeper lesions.
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* Takes its name from the gross appearance of the small vessels which appear at the surface.
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** Look like red granules.
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** These vessels supply inflammatory cells, mainly [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]], to the infected surface.
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*  The most frequent example in domestic animals is the formation of  excessive granulation tissue on the legs of horses with poorly healing  wounds.
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** "Proud flesh"
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* Ulcers and open wounds may heal by granulation.
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[[Category:Chronic Inflammation]][[Category:To Do - Blood]]
   
===Lymphocytic Inflammation===
 
===Lymphocytic Inflammation===
  
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