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| Serakides,R.; Ribeiro,A.F.C.; Silva,C.M.; Santos,R.L.; Nunes,V.A.; Nascimento,E.F.. |
| The objective of this report was to describe the pathological changes in the urinary bladder of female rats naturally infected with Trichosomoides crassicauda. Forty eight 5 to 8 months of age female Wistar rats were studied. At necropsy uroliths were detected in seven animals (14.6%). Among the bladders that contained the parasite only three (6.3%) did not show any significant histological change and were considered normal, but on the contrary, three (6.3%) did contain papillomas and uroliths, four (8.3%) had uroliths associated with epithelial hyperplasia ranging from moderate to severe, and the remaining (79.2%) showed variable degrees of epithelial hyperplasia and inflammation without urolithiasis. It cannot be concluded whether irritation of the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Rat; Urinary bladder; Trichosomoides crassicauda; Urolith; Papilloma. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352001000200012 |
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