| Caseous necrosis | |
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| Micrograph showing caseous necrosis of a tuberculous lymph node. H&E stain. Histological specimens are normally obtained from supraclavicular lymph nodes to demonstrate caseous necrosis. | |
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| Subpleural caseous necrosis (Ghon focus) | |
| Specialty | Pathology |
| Complications | Lung cavity |
| Causes | Tuberculosis |
Caseous necrosis or caseous degeneration[1] (/ˈkeɪsiəs/)[2] is a unique form of cell death in which the tissue maintains a cheese-like appearance.[3] Unlike with coagulative necrosis, tissue structure is destroyed. Caseous necrosis is enclosed within a granuloma. Caseous necrosis is most notably associated with tuberculoma. The dead tissue appears as a soft and white proteinaceous dead cell mass.
The term caseous means 'pertaining or related to cheese',[4] and comes from the Latin word caseus 'cheese'.[2]
- ^ "caseous degeneration". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
- ^ a b "Caseous | Meaning of Caseous by Lexico". Lexico Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on September 3, 2021.
- ^ Robbins and Cotran: Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Ed. 2010. Pg. 16
- ^ "caseous - WordReference.com Dictionary of English". www.wordreference.com.