ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS IN A KOALA (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS): A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY STUDY
| Autor: | M. Ángeles Jiménez Martínez, Juncal García García, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Isabel García Real, Elena Martínez de Merlo, Alfonso Rodriguez-Alvaro, Elisa Margarita González Alonso-Alegre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Nasal cavity Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Exophthalmos 040301 veterinary sciences 030106 microbiology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Phascolarctos cinereus biology.animal medicine Animals Mycosis Cryptococcus neoformans General Veterinary biology medicine.diagnostic_test Magnetic resonance imaging 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Cryptococcosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging medicine.anatomical_structure Animal Science and Zoology Animals Zoo Presentation (obstetrics) medicine.symptom Phascolarctidae Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 48(1) |
| ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
| Popis: | Cryptococcosis is a worldwide and potentially fatal mycosis documented in wild and captive koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. Though mainly a subclinical disease, when the nasal cavity is affected, epistaxis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, dyspnea, and facial distortion may occur. This report describes a case of cryptococcosis in a koala where unilateral exophthalmos was the only evident clinical sign and magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography findings are described. Both advanced imaging techniques should be considered as standard and complementary techniques for nasal cavity evaluation in koalas. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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