Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with chronic limping and patella blastomycosis infection
By Oshin, Abimbola et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2009·Department of Small Animal Surgery, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Patellar blastomycosis in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old spayed female mixed-breed dog was brought to the vet because she had been limping on her left hind leg for a long time. X-rays showed damage in her left kneecap, and a biopsy revealed she had blastomycosis, a fungal infection. The vet performed surgery to remove the infected tissue and then treated her with itraconazole, an antifungal medication, for 90 days. After treatment and some physical therapy, the dog's limping improved, and the damage seen on the X-rays stopped getting worse.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old, spayed female, mixed-breed dog was presented for evaluation of chronic left hind-limb lameness. Lytic lesions were observed in the left patella on radiographs of the stifle. A biopsy of the patella led to a histopathological diagnosis of blastomycosis. Surgical debridement followed by a 90-day course of itraconazole and physical rehabilitation resolved the clinical signs and stopped the progression of radiographic lesions. Blastomycosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis for stifle joint lameness with lytic lesions in the patella.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19723847/