Systemic aspergillosis in a dog.
Systemic aspergillosis was diagnosed in a two-and-a-half-year-old spayed German shepherd dog which had suffered an acute attack of paralysis of the pelvic limbs. The neurological deficits were attributed to the destruction of the seventh vertebral body and the intervertebral disc, with protrusion of necrotic material into the vertebral canal and compression of the spinal cord at this level. Microscopically, fungal invasion and destruction of the body of T-7 was observed and Aspergillus species were identified. Fungal granulomas were also found in the liver, lung, spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes.
Pastor
J
J
Department of Pathology and Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Pumarola
M
M
Cuenca
R
R
Lavin
S
S
D000818:Animals; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*