Question

What is pseudomembranous inflammation? Give an example and describe its pathological features?

Answer 1

pseudomembranous inflammation specificaly are the acute inflammatory response which take place in our human body as a result of pathogenic organism . In this usually we see a false membrane like in case of an infamatory reaction

For example in case of diphtheria infev in which our visy will get exposure to a powerful necrotizing toxin that is the asdiphtheria toxin . This then result in the characterized formation of a specific kind of a mucosal surface of which is a false membrane that is made up of precipitated fibrin, as well as necrotic epithelium, and it also has the inflammatory leukocytes.

These kind of a reaction is the pseudomemberaneous inflamation