Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Nasal Aspergillosis in a Dog: A Case Report
- Journal:
- Revista de Medicina Veterinaria
- Year:
- 2014
- Authors:
- Camilo Padilla Peñuela & Vladimir Galindo Z.
- Affiliation:
- MSc. Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Agropecuarias, Caldas, Antioquia. · CO
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old male dog was brought to the vet because he had a runny nose with a mix of mucus and blood for about a week. He had previously been treated for a possible bleeding issue with other medications. After some tests, including looking inside his nose and checking for fungi, the vet found that he had nasal aspergillosis, which is a fungal infection affecting the nose. The dog was treated with a medication called clotrimazole applied directly inside his nose, and this treatment successfully cleared up his symptoms.
Abstract
Nasal aspergillosis is a major chronic disease affecting the nostrils in dogs. Clinical sinology is typical in every chronic nasal disease. Epistaxis and occasional pain occurs. Rhinoscopic assessment of the area evidences findings associated with the pathology and allows collecting samples for cytology and culture. Systemic therapy with oral antifungals has had variable utility, but now it has been replaced by direct topical medication to the affected area. This article describes the case of a 4-years-old male dog, submitted to consultation by unilateral muco-bloody nasal discharge with a week of evolution. The patient was treated by another vet center with cyclonamine and vitamin K for a possible clotting disorder. After a series of tests that included rhinoscopy and fungal culture, nasal aspergillosis was diagnosed. Intranasal clotrimazole was applied twice and it allowed the resolution of the clinical signs.
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