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polioencephalitis

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polioencephalitis /po·lio·en·ceph·a·li·tis/ (-en-sef″ah-li´tis) inflammatory disease of the gray matter of the brain.
inferior polioencephalitis  progressive bulbar palsy.

po·li·o·en·ceph·a·li·tis (pl--n-sf-lts)
n.
An acute infectious inflammation of the brain's gray matter, either of the cortex or of the central nuclei.

polioencephalitis
[pō′lē·ō′ensef′əlī′tis]
Etymology: Gk, polios, gray, enkephalos, brain, itis
an inflammation of the gray matter of the brain caused by infection of the brain by a poliovirus.

polioencephalitis [po″le-o-en-sef″ah-li´tis]
inflammatory disease of the gray matter of the brain.
inferior polioencephalitis bulbar paralysis.

polioencephalitis
inflammatory disease of the gray matter of the brain.


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Histopathologic examination of sections from the cortex, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, midbrain, pons, medulla, and cerebellum showed polioencephalitis affecting predominantly the diencephalon and brainstem and involving varying degrees of neuronopathy, neuronal loss, astrocytosis, parenchymal and perivascular lymphocytic infiltration with CD45 immunopositivity, sparse macrophage activation, and axonal spheroid formation.
Histologically, the dog had a polioencephalitis similar to the wolf's, but much milder.
 
 
 
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