Vegetation (pathology)

In medicine, a vegetation is an abnormal growth[1] named for its similarity to natural vegetation.

[2][3][4] They can be made of fibrin[5] and platelets.

[6] Certain conditions are associated with specific vegetation patterns:

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Histopathology of a vegetation of bacterial endocarditis, taken from a valve repair, H&E stain.