Chronic inflammation is an inflammatory state characterised by inflammatory processes which continue for a relatively long duration. It denotes an arbitrary threshold beyond the state of acute inflammation when there are differences in:
It may arise as an extension of acute inflammation, after recurrent bouts of acute inflammation with partial resolution between, and as a new entity with no precedent.
The latter state is particularly characteristic of granulomatous inflammation.
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