Oral Mucosa - Foreign Body







comment:
Foreign bodies are most frequently plant material from the bedding or feed ( Figure 1







recommendation:
A foreign body should be diagnosed but not graded. If inflammation is present and is a significant component of the lesion, it should be diagnosed and graded separately, with the grading based on the density and extent of inflammatory cell infiltration. If foreign material is confined to a periodontal pocket and has not penetrated into the tissue, then foreign body is not diagnosed and the lesion is recorded as "tooth - periodontal pocket" (see appropriate document).references:
Bertram TA, Markovits JE, Juliana MM. 1996. Non-proliferative lesions of the alimentary canal in rats GI-1. In Guides for Toxicologic Pathology. STP/ARP/AFIP, Washington, DC, 1-16. Full Text: https://www.toxpath.org/docs/SSNDC/GINonproliferativeRat.pdf
Brown HR, Hardisty JF. 1990. Oral cavity, esophagus and stomach. In: Pathology of the Fischer Rat (Boorman GA, Montgomery CA, MacKenzie WF, eds). Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 9-30. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/9002563
Madsen C. 1989. Squamous-cell carcinoma and oral, pharyngeal and nasal lesions caused by foreign bodies in feed. Cases from a long-term study in rats. Lab Anim 23:241-247. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2668638
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