Difference between revisions of "Telangiectasis"
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Revision as of 12:14, 7 June 2010
- common in cattle - 'plum pudding' liver
- seen in older cats
- can occur in any species
- irregular, dark red, depressed areas varying in size from 1mm to 2-3cm
- these are well defined foci of blood which accumulates in dilated sinusoids following degeneration and necrosis of adjacent hepatocytes
- the lesions are inert, there being no signs of cellular degeneration or reaction
- cause unknown
- no clinical significance, but condemned at slaughter