Gastritis, Fibrinous/ Diptheric
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- Not very common, but has severe consequences.
- Dirty-white, crumbly fibrin is seen on the surface of mucosa.
- Causes
- Toxic
- From drinking battery acid or other caustic material.
- Also gives with stomatitis and oesophagitis as well.
- Poisons such as mercuric chloride and carbolic acid also cause fibrinous/ diptheric gastritis.
- From drinking battery acid or other caustic material.
- Severe systemic disease
- e.g. septicaemic Erysipelas and Swine Fever in pigs, or septicaemic Salmonellosis.
- Not usually a primary problem but part of more severe generalised disease problem.
- Toxic