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==Respiratory System==
 
==Respiratory System==
===Epistaxis===
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'''Endogenous Lipid Pneumonia'''
 
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===Nasal Discharge===
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This condition is also known as "foam cell foci" or "subpleural histiocytosis". This is often a common necropsy finding in mustelid species, although it is of no clinical significance. This condition is often mistaken by pathologists as a dissemination neoplasm. The cause of this condition and the origin of the lipid is unknown.
 
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===Pneumonia===
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Gross lesions will include multiple foci that coalesce to form a white to yellow subpleural pulmonary parenchyma. This parenchyma is of a very superficial nature. Microscopic lesions will include an aggregation of lipid-laden macrophages in the alveoli immediately subjacent to the pleura. Larger lesions will include moderate numbers of lymphocytes and cholesterol clefts.
 
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===Adenovirus===
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==Digestive System==
 
==Digestive System==
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