Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with leishmaniosis affecting mammary glands and eye inflammation
By André Pereira et al.·Published in Topics in Companion Animal Medicine·2019·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: An Unusual Case of Feline Leishmaniosis With Involvement of the Mammary Glands.
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Plain-English summary
A 12-year-old cat with leishmaniosis (a parasitic infection) developed unusual swelling in her mammary glands about four years after her initial diagnosis. The cat also had a concurrent infection with feline leukemia virus, which complicated her condition. After testing, the vet treated her with a combination of allopurinol and meglumine antimoniate, which successfully cleared the swelling in her breasts and improved her overall health.
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Abstract
We report an unusual case of leishmaniosis with the involvement of mammary glands in an old cat with what seems to be a concurrent regressive feline leukemia virus infection. Leishmania donovani complex parasites were identified for the first time in inflammatory breast fluid during a clinical recurrence manifested about 4 years after the first diagnosis of feline leishmaniosis. Combined treatment with allopurinol and meglumine antimoniate resulted in clinical cure of mammary lesion and a concurrent uveitis.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/31837752