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===[[Aspiration Pneumonia]]===

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===[[Gangrenous Pneumonia]]===

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===[[~~Gangrenous pneumonia~~]]===

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===[[Lipid Pneumonia]]===

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~~===Lipid pneumonia===~~

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~~[[Image:Lipid pneumonia.jpg|right|thumb|150px|<small><center>Lipid pneumonia (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]]~~

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*Associated with inhalation of oil, paraffin, etc.

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*Reaction dominated by macrophages which fill the alveoli and interstitial thickening (mononuclear cells and fibrosis)

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*Tends to acumulate in ventral regions bilterally

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*Occurs subclinically in cats, sometimes dogs, unrelated to aspiration

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*Gross lesion:

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**Multifocal, firm, white nodules

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*Microscopic lesions:

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**Macrophages full of lipid forming foam within alveoli

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**Interstitial lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration, fibrosis

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~~[[Category:Pneumonia]]~~

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