Histological Study of Bovine Nocardial Eosinophilic Granuloma with Comparison of Splendore-Hoeppli Material
ISSN | 00213551 |
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NII recode ID (NCID) | AA0068709X |

Nasal eosinophilic granuloma in two cases involving a 13-month-old Japanese Black heifer (case 1) and a two-year-old Japanese Black heifer (case 2) is described. The animals suffered from bilateral nasal obstruction, with the nasal cavities being occupied by large tumor-like masses. In case 1, the nasal mucous membrane was largely thickened due to severe eosinophilic infiltration; in case 2, there were many plasma cells and eosinophils. Epithelioid cells with bacterial organisms were observed in both animals. Extracellular eosinophilic deposits of Splendore-Hoeppli material, formed between intact filamentous bacteria and live epithelioid cells, appeared to be elongated spicules and resembled those in actinomycosis. In contrast, in a separate case of Trueperella pyogenes infection, neutrophils containing intact rod-shaped bacteria showed coagulation necrosis and fusion, and finally transformed into sulfur granules without projections on the surface. These differences suggest that at least two types of Splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon occur in bacterial infections.
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Creator | Takeshi OYAMA Tomoko HIGASHI Yukiko TANIGUCHI Eiji HATA Shinichi HATAMA Yoshiharu ISHIKAWA Koichi KADOTA |
Subject |
Allergy cattle Fite’s acid fast stain immunohistochemistry |
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NII resource type vocabulary | Journal Article |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 2 |
spage | 169 |
epage | 173 |
DOI | 10.6090/jarq.50.169 |
Rights | Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences |
Relation | : J-STAGE |
Language | eng |