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| − | =='''Verminous pneumonia'''== | + | =='''[[Verminous Pneumonia]]'''== |
| − | [[Image:Parasitic pneumonia.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Parasitic pneumonia (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]] | |
| − | *Lesions in the lung may be due to:
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| − | **Parasites passing through the lung as part of their migration e.g. [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Ascaris suum|''Ascaris suum'']] in the pig, aberrant migration in the case of flukes;
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| − | **Parasites for which the lung is the target tissue e.g. [[Respiratory Parasitic Infections - Pathology#Dictyocaulus viviparus|''Dictyocaulus viviparus'']]
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| − | *Lesions can vary from interstitial to [[Bronchitis|chronic bronchitis]] to [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]]
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| − | *May be infiltrate of eosinophils in pulmonary interstitium and bronchoalveolar spaces
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| − | *[[Atelectasis|Atelectasis]] and [[Pulmonary Emphysema|emphysema]] may result due to obstruction
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| − | [[Category:Pneumonia]]
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