Page created on October 8, 2018. Last updated on January 17, 2019 at 16:24
Organ: Heart + pericardium
Description:
Everywhere on the surface of the pericardium can a thin, network like diffuse material be seen. In some parts it looks like a spider-web.
Diagnosis: Cor villosum = fibrinous pericarditis
Causes (from most to least common):
- Uraemia
- Due to end-stage chronic renal failure
- Infection
- Mostly viral infection, mostly from the coxsackie virus
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Rheumatic fever
Theory:
Fibrinous pericarditis is a type of fibrinous acute inflammation. The exudate is fibrinous, meaning that it contains fibrin.
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