Line 99:
Line 99:
*** Significant inflammatory infiltrate in the mucosa and sometimes deeper layers.
*** Significant inflammatory infiltrate in the mucosa and sometimes deeper layers.
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==Lymphocytic - Plasmacytic Enteritis==
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====Pathology====
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* Hypersensitivity reaction results in increased GIT permeablility and recruitment of inflammatory cells.
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* Histologically:
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** Mucosal epithelial-glandular alterations.
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** Variably increased mucosal infiltrate of lymphocytes and plasma cells.
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*** In these dogs there is an increase in the number of [[IgA]] and [[IgG]] containing cells and CD3+ T-cells.
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**** Can develop into lymphoma.
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*** Changes in the relative and absolute numbers of plasma cells and lymphocytes have been associated with IBD in humans.
==Eosinophilic Enteritis==
==Eosinophilic Enteritis==