Gastrointestinal granuloma due to Candida albicans in an immunocompetent cat
| Autor: | Annie Rose, Anne-Claire Duchaussoy, Jessica J. Talbot, Vanessa R. Barrs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal Gastric Lymph Node Case Report Microbiology Eosinophilic Candida albicans medicine Lymph node lcsh:QH301-705.5 lcsh:R5-920 medicine.diagnostic_test biology business.industry Cat biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Pylorus Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Fungal lcsh:Biology (General) Abdominal ultrasonography Granuloma Duodenum business lcsh:Medicine (General) |
| Zdroj: | Medical Mycology Case Reports Medical Mycology Case Reports, Vol 10, Iss C, Pp 14-17 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2211-7539 |
| Popis: | A 3.5 year-old cat was admitted to the University of Melbourne Veterinary Teaching Hospital for chronic vomiting. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a focal, circumferential thickening of the wall of the duodenum extending from the pylorus aborally for 3 cm, and an enlarged gastric lymph node. Cytology of fine-needle aspirates of the intestinal mass and lymph node revealed an eosinophilic inflammatory infiltrate and numerous extracellular septate acute angle branching fungal-type hyphae. Occasional hyphae had globose terminal ends, as well as round to oval blastospores and germ tubes. Candida albicans was cultured from a surgical biopsy of the duodenal mass. No underlying host immunodeficiencies were identified. Passage of an abrasive intestinal foreign body was suspected to have caused intestinal mucosal damage resulting in focal intestinal candidiasis. The cat was treated with a short course of oral itraconazole and all clinical signs resolved. Highlights • The first case of intestinal candidiasis in a cat. • A focal intestinal fungal granuloma caused vomiting and weight loss. • Candida albicans was isolated from the granuloma. |
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