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Cardiac cholesterol granulomas in a piper gurnard, Trigla lyra (L.)
Author(s) -
Magi G E,
Iannaccone M,
Gili C,
Rossi G
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2009.01031.x
Subject(s) - humanities , piper , library science , medicine , art , traditional medicine , computer science
Cholesterol granuloma develops as a response to cholesterol acting as an irritant and causing foreign body giant cell formation. This more commonly affects horse and dog with no previous report in the heart of a fish. This report describes the pathological features of a multiple cholesterol granulomas affecting the heart of a piper gurnard, Trigla lyra