Disseminated histoplasmosis with osseous involvement in a dog

Burk, R.L.; Jones, B.D.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 172(12): 1416-1417

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488
PMID: 670043
Document Number: 130147
Enlargement of lymph glands, tongue lesions and intermittent lameness developed in a dog. Radiography revealed small calcifications in tracheobronchial lymph nodes and a lesion of the right femur. Biopsies of the tongue, colon and bone contained Histoplasma capsulatum. Treatment with amphotericin B, using conventional dosage, was successful and the animal was clinically normal 1 yr later.

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