Key points:
1. Chronic inflammation: definition and classifications.
2. Cellular cross-talk and collaboration (macrophages, lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, fibroblasts, etc.). Morphological features, consequences.
3. Granulomatous inflammation: morphological characteristics and methods of diagnosis, consequences. Granuloma cell kinetics.
4. Specific and nonspecific granulomas. Classification, pathomorphological features. Granulomatous diseases.
5. Intersitial inflammation: causes, pathomorphology, outcomes.
6. Chronic inflammation with polyp formation: causes, mechanisms, pathomorphology, outcomes.
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2. Kumar, Vinay, Abul K Abbas, Jon C Aster, and Stanley L. 1915-2003 Robbins. Robbins Basic Pathology. Tenth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders, 2018. P. 57-87, 121-184
3. Klatt, Edward C. Robbins and Cotran Atlas of Pathology. Third edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders, 2015.
4. Klatt, Edward C., and Vinay Kumar. Robbins and Cotran Review of Pathology. Fourth edition. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders, 2015. P.18-30, 57-75
5. Harsh Mohan. Essential Pathology for Dental Students.Fourth edition. Jaypee Brothers,Medical Publishers Pvt. Limited, 2011. P.109-129
