RESUMO:Descreve-se um caso de histoplasmose disseminada em um felino fêmea com dois anos de idade, que residia em um sítio no município de São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul. O animal apresentava lesões ulceradas e nodulares nas junções mucocutâneas palpebral, oral, anal, na língua e palato duro a cerca de duas semanas. Foram executados: exame de sangue, radiografia torácica, biópsia incisional, cultura micológica e exame histopatológico. Ao exame histopatológico a lesão é constituída por reação inflamatória piogranulomatosa difusa com predomínio de macrófagos contendo numerosas formas fúngicas e caracterizada no exame micológico como Histoplasma capsulatum.Palavras chave: gato, histoplasmose, pneumonia fúngica, testes diagnósticos. Disseminated feline histoplasmosis: a case report ABSTRACT:We describe a case of disseminated histoplasmosis in a female cat with two-year-old, who lived on a farm in the municipality of San Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul. The animal had ulcerated and nodular lesions in the eyelid muco cutaneous junctions, oral, anal, tongue and hard palate about two weeks. Were performed: blood test, chest radiograph, incisional biopsy, mycological culture and histopathological examination. Histopatological injury examination consists of pyogranulomatous diffuse inflammatory reaction with predominance of macrophages containing numerous fungal forms and characterized in mycological examination as Histoplasma capsulatum.
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