Healing and Gangrene
Gangrene: It’s a necrosis with putrefaction, massive necrosis “ large tissue or whole organ. It has 3 types: 1- Dry or senile. 2- Moist. 3- Infective or Gas gangrene.
1- Dry gangrene “Gross”:
Healing: Replacement of damaged tissue by new, healthy, living tissue. Either by: 1- Regeneration mechanism or 2- Scaring “fibrosis”, Organization. Regeneration is the replacement of tissue by same type of cells. Organization is the replacement of tissue by Granulation tissue.
2- Granulation tissue:
3- Granulation tissue:
4- Primary union:
5- Secondary union:
6- Myocardial scaring:
7- Repair after myocardial infarction: