Gastrointestinal granuloma due to Candida albicans in an immunocompetent cat

Duchaussoy, Anne-Claire; Rose, Annie; Talbot, Jessica J.; Barrs, Vanessa R.

Histopathological features of the stomach and small intestine were assessed according to World Small Animal Veterinary Association criteria, and were normal [5] , except for a mild increase in eosinophils within the lamina propria in the proximal portion of the ileum. There was marked chronic lymphoid hyperplasia of the gastric lymph node with a moderate to marked expansion of the parafollicular lymphocytes. Sinuses contained a small to moderate number of neutrophils and lymphocytes. In the mesenteric lymph node follicles were small with prominent germinal centres. One macrophage within medullary sinuses contained two small round thin-walled structures, suspected to be fungal elements.