Eosinophilic Granuloma Flashcards
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Definition
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Inflammatory disease caused by hypersensitivity reactions to environmental, ingested material, parasitic or other antigens
Cats: dorsal surface of tongue, palatal, junction of rostral lips, skin, young cats and females.
Dogs: rare, young dogs, male, cavalier and siberian husky, palatal
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Etiopathogenesis
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Cats: env and food allergens, Felv
Dogs: unknown but maybe vasculitis.
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Clinically
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Painfull lesion, halitosis, difficult in prehension and swallowing
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Gross
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Well demarcated, flato or nodular, ulcerated and fibrin
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Micro
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Hyperplasia of overlying epithelium, collagenosis, giant, epithelioid, macrophages, fibroblasts
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Evo
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Mineralisation, stomatitis, surgery, ab, anti infl analgesic
