Arteritis

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Endarteritis. Courtesy of A. Jefferies

Presence of inflammatory cells within and around the vessel wall. Vasculitis often increases vessel permeability, presenting as oedema and haemorrhage. Petichial and ecchymotic haemorrhages within mucosae are characteristic.

Multiple aetiologies:

Infective

Parasitic

Verminous arteritis. Courtesy of A. Jefferies

The main parasitic lesion of the arteries in th UK is Strongylus vulgaris of horses. Larvae and mmatures migrate along arterial walls, particularly cranial mesenteric and ilio-caecal arteries with occasional aberrent migration to the ascending aorta.

Non-infective

Polyarteritis nodosa

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