Acute meningitis
Organ: Brain
Morphology:
Acute bacterial meningitis is a rapidly developing inflammation of the layers of tissue that
cover the brain and the spinal cord -meninges- and of the fluid filled space between
meninges when it’s caused by bacteria.
Gross features:
It's an acute suppurative inflammation
which differs from a normal brain
because it has:
pus, swollen, and it's more reddish
Gross
Microscopic features:
It's an acute non-suppurative
inflammation, due to presence of
lymphocytes, macrophages and
neutrophils with large amounts.
Lymphocytes are the most present.
Microscopic
Name: Zeyad Ahmed Mohamed Seddiek
Class: 18 A