Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog developed gum overgrowth after long-term cyclosporine for anemia
By Namikawa, Kazuhiko et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2012·Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Gingival overgrowth in a dog that received long-term cyclosporine for immune-mediated hemolytic anemia.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old female longhaired dachshund developed swollen gums after being treated with cyclosporine for immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (a condition where the immune system attacks red blood cells) for 600 days. The vet found that the dog had gingival mass lesions, which were linked to the medication. After reducing the cyclosporine dosage, the dog's anemia improved, and the gum masses shrank and eventually disappeared. This suggests that the gum issues were a side effect of the medication.
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Abstract
Gingival mass lesions developed when cyclosporine was administered for 600 days to a female, 7-year-old, longhaired dachshund diagnosed with intractable immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA). Histopathology indicated hyperplastic suppurative gingivitis. As the anemia improved, the dosage of cyclosporine A (CsA) was markedly decreased, and the mass lesions decreased in size and disappeared, thus suggesting that the mass lesions were an adverse reaction to CsA.
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