First cases of animal diseases published since 2000. 2. Cats

Abstract

In this second article of a series of papers listing first case reports of animal diseases published since 2000, the following nine cases of cat diseases are discussed: Congenital spongiform change in the brain stem nuclei. Enterococcus hirae enteropathy. Focal cerebral angiomatosis. Glomus tumor. Intraocular extramedullary plasmacytoma. Lens epithelial neoplasias. Phaeohyphomycosis due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi. Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis. Systemic amyloidosis in a Devon rex. After a short introduction, the bibliographical data, the abstract of the author(s) and some additional information derived from the article are given. The article will be regularly updated adding overlooked as well as new first reports.

Fonsecaea Pedrosoi Skin Infection in a Dog

“…The first reported nonhuman case of phaeohyphomycosis caused by F. pedrosoi was reported in a cat. 4,5 This feline case presented as a nonpruritic swelling on the nasal planum, unlike the spreading pattern of cutaneous infection observed in the present case. To the authors' knowledge, there have been no reports of infection in dogs with this species of fungus.…”

A malignant glomus tumour in the foot of a horse

“…The glomus tumour is a rare benign tumour of the distal phalanx and accounts for 1-5% of all hand tumours in man (Palmieri 1987). The tumour is even less common in animals and has been reported in nonhuman primates and domestic animals such as dog (Shinya et al 1997;Dagli et al 2003) and cat (Uchida et al 2002;Elsinghorst 2003). Three types of benign glomus tumours are seen in man.…”

First cases of animal diseases published in 2005

“…The first six articles of this series concerned dogs (18,23), cats (19), cattle (20), horses (21), and sheep (22). The above mentioned series of six articles were arranged in order of animal species.…”