2011 Volume 42 Issue 1 Pages 1-5
A two-year-old male American cocker spaniel was presented with episodes of chronic nasal discharge and epistaxis. Computed tomography (CT) of the nasal cavity revealed severe cavitary destruction of the left turbinates with presence of a variable amount of abnormal soft tissue in the nasal passage. Rhinoscophic biopsy, mycological cultures and serum beta-D-glucan concentration assay were not helpful in this patient. Rhinotomy and frontal sinotomy were performed to remove the mass in the nasofrontal sinus and surgical debridement. Based on the histological examination of the surgical specimen, a definitive diagnosis of the fungal granuloma was made. After surgery, medical treatment with topical clotrimazole solution and oral itraconazole was performed. At present, no clinical recurrence has been observed three years and four months after treatment.
