Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Case Report
Diagnostic Techniques and Interventions Applied to Treat the Associated Disease
Author(s): Richard Uwiera*
Mycotic nasal cavity and paranasal sinus infections in non-human primates (NHPs) are relatively uncommon diseases of the upper respiratory
tract. This case study describes the clinical and pathological features. A 23-year-old primiparous female Sumatran orangutan residing at Perth Zoo
in Western Australia developed intermittent episodes of right-sided epistaxis. An ulcerative nasal mass was identified from a diagnostic endoscopy.
The mass was initially biopsied and showed the morphological characteristics of a dematiaceous fungal organism upon a histological examination.
There were prominent mucosal and sub-mucosal granulomatous infiltrates containing histocytes, giant cells and lymphocytes admixed with
fewer numbers of neutrophils and eosinophils surrounding the fungal organism. The organism was identified as Curvularia sp. by the fungal
characteristi.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2684-494X.2022.7.45
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