Abscess

Abscess •A low power photomicrograph of an abscess with a central region filled with neutrophils, macrophages and dead edema. •This is surrounded by an area of less severe inflammation with proliferation of fibroblasts and reactive astrocytes trying to wall off the abscess from the rest of the brain. (Description By:Margaret Grunnet,M.D. ) (Image Contrib. by:Margaret Grunnet,M.D. UCHC )