Table 57-2.

Histopathologic Classification of Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Histopathologic Description	Comment
Lymphocytic-plasmacytic enteritis (LPE)	Most common
Basenji enteropathy	A variant of LPE?
Familial PLE and protein-losing nephropathy in soft-coated Wheaten Terriers	A variant of LPE?
Eosinophilic enteritis	Second most common form; marked increase in eosinophils
Granulomatous enteritis	Rare; due to feline infectious peritonitis in cats
Regional enteritis	Rare, a variant of granulomatous enteritis?
Neutrophilic enteritis	Rare in dogs, uncommon in cats