granular induration


induration

 [in″du-ra´shun] 1. the quality of being hard.2. the process of becoming hard; called also hardening and sclerosis.3. an abnormally hard spot or place. adj., adj indura´tive.black induration the hardening and pigmentation of the lung tissue seen in coal workers' pneumoconiosis.brown induration 1. a deposit of altered blood pigment in the lung in pneumonia.2. increase of the pulmonary connective tissue and excessive pigmentation, due to chronic congestion from valvular heart disease, or to anthracosis. See also gray induration.cyanotic induration hardening of an organ from chronic venous congestion.granular induration cirrhosis.gray induration induration of lung tissue in or after pneumonia, without the pigmentation seen in brown induration.red induration red, congested lung tissue seen in fibrosis" >idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

granular induration

Fibrosis of an organ such as the liver or kidney in which small fibrotic granules are present.See also: induration