Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
An Unusual Case of Feline Leishmaniosis With Involvement of the Mammary Glands.
- Journal:
- Topics in companion animal medicine
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Pereira, André et al.
- Affiliation:
- Global Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM)
- Species:
- cat
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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