Extreme eosinophilia with disseminated eosinophilic granulomatous disease in a horse |
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| Authors: | Latimer Kenneth S Bounous Denise I Colatos Chrysann Carmichael K Paige Howerth Elizabeth W |
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| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athena, GA 30602-7388. |
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| Abstract: | Extreme eosinophilia with disseminated eosinophilic granulomatous disease is described in a 4-year-old Arabian mare. Clinical signs included weight loss, coughing, jugular distention, and ventral edema. Cutaneous lesions were not observed. Eosinophilic inflammation was observed in cytologic specimens from the respiratory tract, body cavities, and lymph nodes. At necropsy, a 20-cm diameter intrathoracic mass was observed. Smaller nodules were present in the lymph nodes, liver, spleen, adrenal glands, pancreas, and skeletal muscle. Histologically, these masses and nodules were characterized by infiltrates of eosinophils, macrophages, and multinucleated giant cells, reactive fibroplasia; and multifocal eosinophilic coagula. Microscopically, mild eosinophilic infiltrates were observed in sections of stomach, small intestine, colon, and pleura; however, gross lesions were not observed in these tissues at necropsy. The etiology of the extreme eosinophilia and disseminated eosinophilic granulomatous disease in this horse was not determined. |
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| Keywords: | Horse eosinophilia eosinophilic granulomas idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome |
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