Telangiectasis

• 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