Epidural Fat and Perineural Adipose Tissue Septic Emboli Mimicking Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Dog

Figure 3

Histopathology micrograph. Intravertebral adipose tissue H&E, region of C6-C8. (a) The intravertebral adipose tissue is variably effaced by inflammation, fibrin, and necrosis. (b) Higher magnification view of the inflammation revealed an infiltrate composed of large numbers of neutrophils and macrophages admixed with abundant fibrin. No pathogens were noted.

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