Canine visceral leishmaniasis: a remarkable histopathological picture of one asymptomatic animal reported from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A remarkable histopathological picture of one asymptomatic dog naturally infected with Leishmania infantum (syn. chagasi) has been presented. Intracellular parasites were ease found in macrophages of all exanimated organs, especially in skin. Embedded paraffin tissues of liver, spleen, axillary and...
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Published in: | Arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 944 - 1000 |
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Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Escola de Veterinária
01-12-2006
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Summary: | A remarkable histopathological picture of one asymptomatic dog naturally infected with Leishmania infantum (syn. chagasi) has been presented. Intracellular parasites were ease found in macrophages of all exanimated organs, especially in skin. Embedded paraffin tissues of liver, spleen, axillary and popliteal lymph nodes, and skin (ear, muzzle and abdomen) were stained by hematoxylin and eosin and by immunocytochemical reaction (streptoavidin-peroxidase method) to detect parasites. All organs showed an intense parasitism associated to severe pathological changes. All lymph nodes had conspicuous histological architecture alterations. Lymphocytes were replaced by macrophages stuffed with an intense number of amastigotes forms of Leishmania. The lymphoid nodules (without germinal centers) and the mantle zones in the cortex that surround the follicles were markedly attenuated. Livers showed small intralobular granulomas composed by macrophages loaded with amastigotes. Spleens had an intense depression of the white pulp whereas the lymphocytes were replaced by parasitized macrophages. All fragments of different anatomical region of skin (ear, muzzle and abdomen) showed a diffuse chronic inflammation. The cellular exudate was composed by macrophages, plasmocytes and lymphocytes. Macrophages loaded with amastigotes were ease found in all tissue fragments, but more intense in ear and muzzle. Thus, this fact enhances the importance of asymptomatic dogs in the epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis.
Relata-se um quadro histológico caracterizado por lesões acentuadas em tecidos de um cão assintomático naturalmente infectado por Leishmania infantum (sin. chagasi). Cortes parafinados de fígado, baço, linfonodos (cervical, axilar e poplíteo) e pele (orelha, espelho nasal e abdome) foram corados pela técnica de hematoxilina-eosina e pela técnica imunoistoquímica de estreptoavidina-peroxidase para detecção de formas amastigotas de Leishmania. Os linfonodos apresentaram profundas alterações estruturais. Em todos observou-se depleção linfocitária, principalmente da córtex, com substituição dos linfócitos por macrófagos abarrotados de formas amastigotas de Leishmania. No fígado, observou-se a presença de pequenos granulomas intralobulares compostos por macrófagos intensamente parasitados, plasmócitos e raros linfócitos. No baço, a alteração marcante foi a depressão da polpa branca. Os folículos linfóides foram substituídos por macrófagos intensamente parasitados com as formas amastigotas de Leishmania. Fragmentos de pele de orelha, espelho nasal e abdome apresentaram reação inflamatória crônica e difusa com exsudato celular composto por macrófagos, plasmócitos e linfócitos. Parasitos foram detectados em todos os tecidos estudados e mais numerosos na pele da orelha e focinho. Os achados mostram a importância de cães assintomáticos na epidemiologia da leishmaniose visceral. |
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Bibliography: | 10.1590/S0102-09352006000600004 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352006000600004 |
ISSN: | 0102-0935 1678-4162 1678-4162 0102-0935 |
DOI: | 10.1590/S0102-09352006000600004 |