QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Metastatic calcification
Calcium infiltration into normal tissue (Hypervitaminosis D)
Dystrophic calcification
Calcium infiltration into abnormal tissue (atherosclerosis, atheroma)
Caseous degeneration
Degeneration associated with tuberculosis
Enzymatic degeneration
Degeneration associated with the pancreas
Fatty degeneration
This degeneration is seen in the liver (nutmeg liver)and heart (tabby cat heart). In blood
vessels, it begins as a fatty dot -> fatty streak -> atheroma (fatty plaque) ->
fibroatheroma (fibrous tissue, calcium
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