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| Laisse,Cláudio João Mourão; Nascimento,Lismara Castro do; Panziera,Welden; Soares,Elizabeth Caldas; Fernandes,Denise Bicca; Westphalen,Júlio César; Sonne,Luciana; Pavarini,Saulo Petinatti; Driemeier,David. |
| ABSTRACT: Equine multisystemic eosinophilic epitheliotropic disease (MEED) is a rare disease, characterized by eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of several organs. A 5-year-old horse presented pruritus, areas of alopecia, and moderate eosinophilia. The horse was treated with corticosteroids and antibiotics without substantial improvement; and after the disease progressed to fever, diarrhea, gastric reflux and progressive weight loss. Due to poor prognosis the horse was euthanized. Necropsy revealed poor body condition, multiple to coalescing foci of alopecia, with epidermal ulcerations and crusts on the head and distal parts of the limbs. The proximal duodenum was enlarged, with 3 intraluminal nodules. Histopathological evaluation revealed... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Eosinophilia; Eosinophilic granuloma; Histopathology; Horse. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782017000500552 |
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