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==Description==

==Description==

[[File:Jaundiced cat.jpg|thumb|right|Image of a jaundiced cat, note the discoloured pinnae<br>Copyright Sabar 2007]]

[[File:Jaundiced cat.jpg|thumb|right|Image of a jaundiced cat, note the discoloured pinnae<br><small>(Image source Sabar 2007, Wikimedia Commons)</small>]]

Icterus refers to the staining of tissues by [[Bilirubin|bilirubin]] pigment or bilirubin complexes.  Bile pigments such as bilirubin have particular affinity for elastic tissues and the typical yellow/orange colour of icterus is therefore evident in the slcera and mucous membranes in life and in the tunica intima of the aorta at post mortem examination.

Icterus refers to the staining of tissues by [[Bilirubin|bilirubin]] pigment or bilirubin complexes.  Bile pigments such as bilirubin have particular affinity for elastic tissues and the typical yellow/orange colour of icterus is therefore evident in the slcera and mucous membranes in life and in the tunica intima of the aorta at post mortem examination.