Diagnostic exercise. Cerebral mass in a puppy with respiratory distress and progressive neurologic signs.
Vet Pathol
; 47(6): 1116-9, 2010 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
A 5-month-old mongrel puppy with a history of respiratory disease presented with progressive neurologic dysfunction. Hematologic results included leukocytosis (neutrophilia with a left shift) and lymphopenia. A mass in the right forebrain, identified by magnetic resonance imaging, was biopsied during decompressive craniectomy. The histologic diagnosis was granulomatous meningoencephalitis with intralesional amoebae. The dog died within 24 hours of surgery. At necropsy, a well-demarcated granuloma was confined to the cerebrum, but granulomatous pneumonia was disseminated through all lobes of the lung. Concurrent infections included canine distemper, canine adenoviral bronchiolitis, and oral candidiasis. Canine distemper virus probably caused immunosuppression and increased susceptibility to secondary infections.
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Infecciones Protozoarias del Sistema Nervioso Central
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Acanthamoeba castellanii
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Enfermedades de los Perros
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Amebiasis
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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2010
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