Sublingual pythiosis in a cat
| Autor: | Dae Young Kim, Michael J. Calcutt, Jessica S. Fortin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine Pathology medicine.medical_specialty 040301 veterinary sciences Pythium insidiosum 030106 microbiology Hyphae Case Report Pythium Eosinophilic granulomatous inflammation Cat Diseases Oral cavity Feline Diagnosis Differential 0403 veterinary science Granulomatous inflammation 03 medical and health sciences Pythiosis Eosinophilic medicine Animals Gastrointestinal tract lcsh:Veterinary medicine Missouri General Veterinary biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Sublingual mass biology.organism_classification Cats Amplicon sequencing lcsh:SF600-1100 Mouth Diseases |
| Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol 59, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1751-0147 |
| Popis: | Background Pythiosis is a potentially fatal but non-contagious disease affecting humans and animals living in tropical and subtropical climates, but is also reasonably widespread in temperate climates, throughout the world. The most commonly reported affected animal species with pythiosis are equine and canine, with fewer cases in bovine and feline. Extracutaneous infections caused by Pythium insidiosum have been rarely described in the cat. Case presentation Sublingual pythiosis was diagnosed in a 2-year-old, male, Domestic Shorthair cat. The cat had a multilobulated, sublingual mass present for 3 months. Histopathological examination revealed severe multifocal coalescing eosinophilic granulomatous inflammation. Centers of the inflammation contained hyphae that were 3–7 μm-wide, non-parallel, uncommonly septate and rarely branching. The fungal-like organism was identified as P. insidiosum by polymerase chain reaction and subsequent amplicon sequencing. Conclusions Only a few feline pythiosis cases have been reported and, when encountered, it usually causes granulomatous diseases of the skin or gastrointestinal tract. This case presents an unusual manifestation of feline pythiosis, representing the first involving the oral cavity in cats or dogs. |
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