INFLAMMATION Introduction ¨ A complex reaction in vascularized CT provoked by pathological stimuli. It is the reaction of blood vessels which leads accumulation of fluid and leukocytes in the extra vascular tissue. ¨ Inflammation serves to destroy, dilute or wall off the injurious agent and sets in motion a series of events that heals and reconstitutes the damaged tissue. ¨ Repairing begins early in the inflammation and completes after the injurious agent is neutralized. During repair the injured tissue is replaced by regenerative native parenchyma cells, by filling with fibroblasts (scar tissue) or both. ¨ Inflammation is a protective response with ultimate goal is to rid of injurious agent and its consequence (necrotic cells and debris) but it may have a potential harmful effects e.g. anaphylaxe...