Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with fungal bone infection causing right hind leg lameness
By Hess, Michal O·Published in Journal of feline medicine and surgery·2009·The Veterinary Clinic of East Hampton, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Phaeohyphomycotic osteomyelitis in the femur of a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was brought to the vet because he was limping on his right hind leg for a week. The vet found a painful swelling on his leg and an X-ray showed a serious bone infection caused by a deep fungal infection. After starting a high-dose antifungal medication called itraconazole, the cat showed significant improvement over five weeks. Unfortunately, the cat was lost to follow-up after that.
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Abstract
A 4-month-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat was presented for a right hind leg lameness of 1-week duration. Physical examination revealed a painful swelling over the right distal femur. A radiograph of the right stifle revealed an extensive lytic lesion involving the distal metaphysis of the right femur. Cytological examination of a needle aspirate was consistent with a deep fungal infection. A pigmented dimorphic fungus was isolated in pure culture from a representative needle aspirate from the lesion. The patient improved substantially after 5 weeks of high-dose itraconazole therapy, although it was subsequently lost to follow-up.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19762260/