What's the difference between cellulitis and inflammation?

Cellulitis


Definition:

  • (n.) An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
  • (2) Authors demonstrate the possibility of the tuberculous etiology of the cellulitis.
  • (3) We report a rare case of odontogenic abscess, detected while the patient was in the intensive care unit (ICU), which resulted in sepsis and the patient's death due to mediastinitis, skull osteomyelitis, and deep neck cellulitis.
  • (4) An unusual and extremely rare displacement of teeth due to trauma, resulting in cervical space cellulitis with probable secondary complications is presented.
  • (5) Bacterial orbital cellulitis is a feared complication of paranasal sinus infection.
  • (6) A review of 104 patients with acute orbital cellulitis during the past decade showed that the frequency of hospital admissions for this disease has increased recently.
  • (7) Cellulitis was rare (1 per 1,900 cases) and endophthalmitis was even rarer (1 per 30,000 cases).
  • (8) The pathogenesis of both syndromes may be explicable by the fact that soluble parasitic allergens bind to cellules of the respiratory tract and induce hypersensitivity reactions under the influence of reagins.
  • (9) Similar cellulitis, mainly perivascular, was found in kidneys and anterior mediastinum.
  • (10) The clinical symptoms and signs were somewhat atypical and included acute suppurative cellulitis in the floor of the mouth plus localized periodontitis involving 36.
  • (11) Local swelling or haematoma at the injection site occurred in 15 patients (5.9%), cellulitis in 2 (0.8%) and minor contrast reactions in 6 (2.3%).
  • (12) Three patients developed cellulitis and skin necrosis following fluorescein dye extravasation.
  • (13) At follow-up or suture removal, patients were evaluated for signs of wound complications (cellulitis, ascending lymphangitis, purulent discharge, or dehiscence).
  • (14) A child is reported who developed a mycotic aneurysm of the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery following staphylococcal cellulitis and septicemia.
  • (15) Three other patients developed cellulitis of the trachea and root of the neck, centered around the tract through the party wall; one patient suffered a fracture of the cervical spine.
  • (16) The authors believe that the increasing population of patients with depression of cell-mediated immune response will lead to an increase in the frequency with which cryptococcal cellulitis is seen and emphasize that proper evaluation of a patient with presumptive cellulitis includes consideration of fungal, as well as bacterial, etiology.
  • (17) On the basis of clinical and histopathological criteria they have been classified as follows: 22 cases with gas gangrene (clostridial myonecrosis), 16 cases with anaerobic cellulitis, 20 wound infections, 8 cases of septicemia, 5 of bacteriemia, 1 of tetanus, and 5 other clostridial infections.
  • (18) Other indications included trauma (n = 5), chronic nonhealing wounds (n = 4), urine-induced cellulitis (n = 1), idiopathic dermal necrosis (n = 1), and chronic lymphoplasmocytic dermatitis (n = 1).
  • (19) One third of the children with cellulitis showed one or several complications.
  • (20) Other sources of infection were skin, postoperative, intravenous catheter site and cellulitis.

Inflammation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
  • (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
  • (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors conclude that H. pylori alone causes little or no effect on an intact gastric mucosa in the rat, that either intact organisms or bacteria-free filtrates cause similar prolongation and delayed healing of pre-existing ulcers with active chronic inflammation, and that the presence of predisposing factors leading to disruption of gastric mucosal integrity may be required for the H. pylori enhancement of inflammation and tissue damage in the stomach.
  • (2) The authors followed up the occurrence of inflammation-mediated osteopenia (IMO) in young and adult rats weighing 50 g and 150 g, respectively.
  • (3) The base materials caused more pulpal inflammation than the control material, Kalzinol, although by an indirect mechanism.
  • (4) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
  • (5) The authors describe the role played by these substances in the pathogenesis of inflammations, their importance in the regulation of intraocular pressure and in the development of cystoid macular oedema.
  • (6) The aim of our experiments was to investigate firstly whether during an acute inflammatory process platelets accumulate in the inflamed area and secondly whether the inflammation has an effect on the properties of the platelets.
  • (7) A patient with abdominal discomfort and hematemesis was found to have lower esophageal inflammation on endoscopy.
  • (8) Hence, presence of IgG rheumatoid factor correlated positively with the presence of rheumatoid disease, and evidence was established that certain features of rheumatoid inflammation occur in dental periapical lesions of many patients with rheumatoid disease.
  • (9) The development of pulmonary edema in high-altitude residents with upper respiratory infections and no antecedent low-altitude journey is consistent with the presence of other factors such as inflammation, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the edema.
  • (10) Vulvovaginal inflammations and infections in the premenarchal child are caused by a large number of etiologic agents.
  • (11) However, coinciding with the height of inflammation and clinical signs at 12 dpi, the GFAP mRNA content dropped to approximately 50% of the level at 11 dpi but rose again at 13 dpi.
  • (12) Earlier recognition of foul-smelling mucoid discharge on the IUD tail, or abnormal bleeding, or both, as a sign of early pelvic infection, followed by removal of the IUD and institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy, might prevent the more serious sequelae of pelvic inflammation.
  • (13) On the other hand, the compound was more potent on secondary or late stage than on primary stage of inflammation, and to some extent showed the mode of action seen with steroid antiinflammatory drugs.
  • (14) Although the mechanism(s) by which melanin augments inflammation has not been defined, these data suggest that the binding of serum components (such as antibodies) to melanin may contribute to its proinflammatory effect.
  • (15) Morphologic and microbiologic study of the operation and biopsy specimens, obtained from 73 patients with odontogenic inflammatory processes has shown that in 38% of cases the inflammation was induced by mixed fungal and bacterial flora.
  • (16) Major reported complications include hemorrhage, perforation, biliary and pancreatic obstruction, and inflammation with intestinal obstruction.
  • (17) In adults it reappears in malignant tumors and during inflammation and tissue repair.
  • (18) The data indicate that activated helper T cells are required and sufficient to give rise to the inflammatory infiltrates that are characteristic of the inflammations and exacerbations in human rheumatoid arthritis.
  • (19) The mice that remained asymptomatic at this time showed few signs of inflammation and none developed clinical disease over the following 9 months.
  • (20) Experiments have been performed using CO2 laser-assisted microvascular anastomoses, and they demonstrated the following features, in comparison with conventional anastomoses: ease in technique; less time consumption; less tissue inflammation; early wound healing; equivalency of patency rate and inner pressure tolerance; but only about 50 percent of the tensile strength of manual-suture anastomosis.