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2. Submucaus cellulitis of the mouth and pharynx, as 

 stomatitis, phlegmonous glossitis and pharyngitis. 



3. Siihfacial cellulitis, as in fistulous withers, poll evil 

 and punctured wounds about the legs. 



4. Intermuscular cellulitis, involving muscles of the 

 neck, shoulder, legs, abdomen and croup. 



5. Subcoronary cellulitis (coronary calking). 



6. Perichondreal cellulitis about the lateral cartilage, as 

 in quittor. 



7. Cellulitis of the plantar cushion from nailpricks. 



8. Cellulitis of the tendon sheath of the flexor tendons 

 (horse). Subcutaneous and intermuscular cellulitis of the 

 tail — in horses, following myotomy; in cattle, from inocula- 

 tions (anthrax, blackleg). 



9. Cellulitis of the prepuce and scrotum in the horse 

 after castration. 



10. Cellulitis of the mammary gland in cattle. 



Describe circumscribed cellulitis ? 



Inspection reveals a swelling over a limited skin area. 

 This swelling may stop abruptly, same as seen in purpura 

 hemorrhagica. Unless deeply pigmented, the skin over the 

 swelling is red, appears stretched and glistens. Palpation 

 shows heat, pain, th6 parts being hard, soft or doughy. The 

 skin over the swelling cannot be wrinkled. 



Sow does circumscribed infectious cellulitis terminate ? 



It may terminate in (1) an abscess; here the skin looks 

 greasy, bluish, red or blackish ; palpation shows fluctuation. 

 There may be fever. The contents of the abscess may reach 

 the external world spontaneously. A part of the skin over 

 the abscess undergoes necrosis, allowing exit of the pus. 

 Unless opened artificially, the pus may burrow, leading to (3> 

 a diffused purulent cellulitis. 



