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===General===
===General===
*Uncommon because of the dual blood supply (systemic via the bronchial arteries, pulmonary via the pulmonary arteries).
*Uncommon because of the dual blood supply (systemic via the bronchial arteries, pulmonary via the pulmonary arteries).
Common causes:<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/908045-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/908045-overview]. Accessed on: 12 April 2012.</ref>
*[[Pulmonary embolism]].
*[[Sickle cell disease]].


===Gross===
===Gross===
*Wedge-shaped and at the lung periphery.
*Lung periphery, classically described as wedge-shaped.
**In a histologic section lung infarcts are triangular:
 
***Base of triangle on the pleural aspect.
Note:
***Point furthest from the pleura close to the compromised artery that lead to infarction.
*In a histologic section, the classic wedge-shaped infarct is triangular:
**Base of triangle on the pleural aspect.
**Point furthest from the pleura close to the compromised artery that lead to infarction.
 
Image:
*[http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/258474/enlarge Pulmonary infarct (sciencephoto.com)].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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Image:
Image:
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulmonary_infarct_intermed_mag.jpg Pulmonayr infarct - low mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulmonary_infarct_intermed_mag.jpg Pulmonary infarct - low mag. (WC)].


=See also=
=See also=
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