From:
Ruesterx1@hotmail.com
Date: 2001-11-27 11:16:00 UTC
Subject: path interp
Dr.Williams,
Thanks for the path interp of my ferret with the gastric problems. In
an effort to be brief I didn't give you the full comment by the
pathologist. Maybe this will make more sense to you, and does it
suggest the EE diagnosis you were talking about?
Path comment:
Lessions in the stomach and intestine are compatible with IBD. IB
disease is usually presumed to be caused by hypersensitivity to
antigens within the bowel lumen, and eosinophils in the lesions would
be compatible with such a pathogenesis in this case. Other proposed
causes include motility disorder, mucosal permeability barrier
defect, infection and bacterial overgrowth. Mitotic figures were
occassionally seen among the lymphocytes in the stomach, this along
with the deep location of the lymphocytes raises a slight suspicion
that lymphosarcoma may arise in the stomach, although unequivocal
evidence of such was not observed. One of the tissues consists of
marked edema with scattered lymphocytes. The tissue may represent a
severly edematous lymph node.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond, and I apologize for not
including the full comments.
Julie