PITIOSE EQUINA NO ESTADO DO PARANÁ – Primeiro Relato de Caso

Descricao de evidencias clinicas de pitiose cutânea, observadas em um equino, proveniente do municipio de Guaraniacu, no sudoeste do Estado do Parana. Esse animal apresentava uma unica lesao na regiao abdominal, com caracteristica ulcerativa e granulomatosa, e no centro dessas corais marinhos, denominadas de kunkers, rica em secrecoes semelhantes a sanguessugas. Os meios de diagnosticos basearam-se no exame clinico e histopatologico. Equine pythiosis in the Parana state, Brazil - A case report Abstract The aim of this paper is a case report on clinical evidencies of a cutaneous pythiosis found in a horse from Guaraniacu, Southwest of the State of Parana. The animal had just one isolated lesion on the abdominal region, with a granuloma and an ulcerative aspect displaying at the center coral-like structures or kunkers, similar to leeches, rich in secretions. The diagnosis of pythiosis was based on the clinical and histopathological examinations.