Lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis in two horses.
The primary hematologic abnormalities in 2 adult horses with chronic weight loss were hypoalbuminemia and hyperglobulinemia. One horse was anemic, had subclinical disseminated intravascular coagulation, and prolonged plasma sulfobromophthalein half-life. Small-intestinal dysfunction with malabsorption was indicated by abnormal D-xylose absorption test results. Clinicopathologic and pathologic findings were consistent with a diagnosis of malabsorption and protein-losing enteropathy, attributable to lymphocytic and plasmacytic infiltration of the intestine.
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Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078.
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D000818:Animals; D002452:Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D004751:Enteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010950:Plasma Cells; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*