The process by which dead tissue decays into a firm and dry mass. It is characteristic of tuberculosis.
The breakdown of diseased tissue into a dry cheese like mass: a type of degeneration associated with tubercular lesions.
A process which takes place in the tissues in tuberculosis and some other chronic diseases. The central part of a diseased area, instead of changing into pus and so forming an abscess, changes to a firm cheese-like mass which may be absorbed or may be converted into a calcareous deposit and fibrous tissue, and so healing results in the formation of a scar.
The process in which necrotic tissue is converted into a granular amorphous mass resembling cheese.
A type of tissue decay observed in tuberculosis and syphilis cases, where the deceased tissue takes on a cheese-like appearance.