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Focal acute inflammation

MedGen UID:
226827
•Concept ID:
C1265832
•
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Circumscribed acute inflammation; Focal Acute Inflammation; Localized acute inflammation
SNOMED CT: Focal acute inflammation (123630003); Localized acute inflammation (123630003); Circumscribed acute inflammation (123630003)

Definition

An inflammatory process characterized by the localized collection of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFocal acute inflammation

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Interventional ultrasound in detection and treatment of renal inflammatory disease.
Kuligowska E, Newman B, White SJ, Caldarone A
Radiology 1983 May;147(2):521-6. doi: 10.1148/radiology.147.2.6836133. PMID: 6836133

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Rice-Body Synovitis, Foreign Body Reaction, and Rotator Cuff Failure After Subacromial Balloon Spacer Augmentation of a Rotator Cuff Repair: A Case Report.
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Histopathologic effects of radiofrequency catheter ablation in previously infarcted human myocardium.
Grubman E, Pavri BB, Lyle S, Reynolds C, Denofrio D, Kocovic DZ
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1999 Mar;10(3):336-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00680.x. PMID: 10210495
Infectious crystalline keratopathy and endophthalmitis secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus in a monocular patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Uy HS, Nguyen QD, Durand ML, Paton B, Foster CS
Am J Ophthalmol 1999 Feb;127(2):209-10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(98)00354-7. PMID: 10030567
Histology of the stomach and duodenum in Crohn's disease.
Wright CL, Riddell RH
Am J Surg Pathol 1998 Apr;22(4):383-90. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199804000-00001. PMID: 9537465
Sonography of acute appendicitis in pregnancy.
Barloon TJ, Brown BP, Abu-Yousef MM, Warnock N, Berbaum KS
Abdom Imaging 1995 Mar-Apr;20(2):149-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00201525. PMID: 7787719

Diagnosis

Infectious crystalline keratopathy and endophthalmitis secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus in a monocular patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Uy HS, Nguyen QD, Durand ML, Paton B, Foster CS
Am J Ophthalmol 1999 Feb;127(2):209-10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(98)00354-7. PMID: 10030567
Sonography of acute appendicitis in pregnancy.
Barloon TJ, Brown BP, Abu-Yousef MM, Warnock N, Berbaum KS
Abdom Imaging 1995 Mar-Apr;20(2):149-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00201525. PMID: 7787719

Therapy

Rice-Body Synovitis, Foreign Body Reaction, and Rotator Cuff Failure After Subacromial Balloon Spacer Augmentation of a Rotator Cuff Repair: A Case Report.
Fury MS, Cirino CM, White AE, Bauer TW, Taylor SA
JBJS Case Connect 2023 Apr 1;13(2) Epub 2023 May 26 doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.23.00009. PMID: 37235697
Infectious crystalline keratopathy and endophthalmitis secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus in a monocular patient with Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
Uy HS, Nguyen QD, Durand ML, Paton B, Foster CS
Am J Ophthalmol 1999 Feb;127(2):209-10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(98)00354-7. PMID: 10030567

Prognosis

Histopathologic effects of radiofrequency catheter ablation in previously infarcted human myocardium.
Grubman E, Pavri BB, Lyle S, Reynolds C, Denofrio D, Kocovic DZ
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1999 Mar;10(3):336-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1999.tb00680.x. PMID: 10210495
Sonography of acute appendicitis in pregnancy.
Barloon TJ, Brown BP, Abu-Yousef MM, Warnock N, Berbaum KS
Abdom Imaging 1995 Mar-Apr;20(2):149-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00201525. PMID: 7787719

Clinical prediction guides

Iatrogenic Campylobacter pylori infection is a cause of epidemic achlorhydria.
Graham DY, Alpert LC, Smith JL, Yoshimura HH
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