Uveitis associated to the infection by Leishmania chagasi in dog from the Olinda city, Pernambuco, Brazil

  • Brito F
  • Alves L
  • Duque Ortiz J
  • et al.
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Abstract

Among the parasitic diseases, Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis (CVL) is included in the systemic illnesses of chronic evolution that attack men and dogs, presenting varied clinical manifestations as cachexia, dermatologic lesions, peripheral lymphadenopathies, besides the ocular lesions. This work report the case of a dog clinically suspected of having CVL, presenting skin lesions, cachexia, gryphosis, and ocular signs of uveitis. The parasitological diagnosis was accomplished for Canine Leishmaniasis through the visualization of amastigote forms of Leishmania chagasi in smears of bone marrow fluid aspirate, of non-lesioned, and lesioned skin. Alterations in the ocular structures are characterized mainly by mononuclear-plasmocitic infiltrate.Dentre as doenças parasitárias, a Leishmaniose Visceral Canina (LVC) inclui-se entre as enfermidades sistêmicas de evolução crônica que acometem seres humanos e cães, suscitando nessa última espécie, manifestações clínicas variadas como caquexia, dermatopatias, linfadenopatias periféricas, além das lesões oculares. Neste trabalho, relata-se o caso de um cão com suspeita clínica de LVC, apresentando lesões dermatológicas, caquexia, grifose e sinais oculares de uveíte. Realizou-se diagnóstico parasitológico para leishmaniose canina através do encontro de formas amastigotas de Leishmania sp. Alterações nas estruturas oculares caracterizaram-se, principalmente, por infiltrado mononuclear-plasmocitário.

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Brito, F. L. da C., Alves, L. C., Duque Ortiz, J. P., Maia, F. C. L., Silva Junior, V. A. da, & Laus, J. L. (2004). Uveitis associated to the infection by Leishmania chagasi in dog from the Olinda city, Pernambuco, Brazil. Ciência Rural, 34(3), 925–929. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-84782004000300042

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