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[[Image:woodentongue2.gif|right|thumb|125px|<small><center>'Sulpher body' of Actinobacillosis (Courtesy of Alun Williams (RVC))</center></small>]]

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Histologically the tongue becomes fibrous stroma with raised red nodules (2-3mm across)along the surface. This lesion is a pyogenic granuloma containing large numbers of the bacterial ~~rods~~ which look like sulphur granules.

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Histologically the tongue becomes fibrous stroma with raised red nodules (2-3mm across)along the surface. This lesion is a pyogenic granuloma containing large numbers of the bacterial rod mirocolonies surrounded by clublike spicules of calcium phosphate which look like sulphur granules.

This type of lesion is caused by the host response to the pathogen, rather than directly a pathogen effect.

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~~Small granulomatous lesions containing 'sulphur granules' of large numbers of gram-negative rods~~

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~~microcolonies surrounded by clublike spicules of calcium phosphate, giving the appearance of sulfur granules~~

==Treatment==

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