Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with nose mass and trouble breathing diagnosed with sporotrichosis
By N. Souza et al.·2009·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Canine sporotrichosis: case report
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old male Boxer was brought to the vet because he had a mass on his nose and was having trouble breathing. After several tests, the vet found that the mass was caused by a fungal infection called sporotrichosis. The dog was treated with a medication called itraconazole for 60 days, which helped the mass disappear and improved his breathing. To prevent the infection from coming back, the treatment continued for another 30 days.
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Abstract
A case of canine sporotrichosis was reported in a six-year-old male Boxer, referred to a veterinary hospital because of a mass in the region of the nose and dyspnea. After physical examination, the animal was submitted to cytological, histological, and radiographic exams. The cytological and radiographic exams showed no alterations that could justify the mass and the dyspnea. The histological exam showed the presence of a granuloma with two Sporothrix schenckii spores. The dog was treated with itraconazol 5mg/kg BID during 60 days. After this period, the mass disappeared and breathing improved. The therapy was maintained for 30 other days to avoid relapse.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/04df3ae00ef9ccae5594f5ca7c8d856710058f18