Difference between revisions of "Paraquat Poisoning"

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Paraquat poisoning (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)

In dogs and cats
Free radical release causes damage to air-blood barrier
Depending on the dose, the lesions range from acute lesions (oedema, haemorrhage, hyaline membranes) -> chronic (fibroplasia of alveolar septae, replacement of alveolar cells with type II cells)
Additional extrapulmonary lesions to note following paraquat intoxication are necrosis of the adrenal zona glomerulosa and renal tubular epithelium
Causes Interstitial Pneumonia

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