Achados oftálmicos de cães naturalmente acometidos por leishmaniose visceral, submetidos à terapia com miltefosina
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2018-08-20
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Ricci, Carolina Bruno Barbosa
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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A leishmaniose visceral (LV) canina caracteriza-se por uma enorme variabilidade de manifestações clínicas, dentre elas, lesões dermatológicas e oculares. Poucos são os estudos com as alterações do segmento posterior de olhos de cães acometidos pela doença, devido, principalmente, à opacidade do segmento anterior. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar e descrever as principais alterações fundoscópicas e eletrorretinográficas observadas em cães naturalmente acometidos por LV, antes e após o tratamento com a miltefosina. Foram selecionados oito cães, que não apresentavam outras doenças infecciosas ou vasculares, e apresentassem meios oculares transparentes. Utilizaram-se registros fotográficos do segmento posterior e a avaliação da funcionalidade da retina através da eletrorretinografia (ERG). Os achados de fundoscopia incluíram atenuação vascular, hiperrefletividade, pigmentação retiniana, embainhamento vascular, hiperpigmentação peripapilar, hemorragia sub-retiniana, turbidez vítrea, papiledema e tortuosidade vascular. Todos os animais se beneficiaram clinicamente da terapêutica medicamentosa, não sendo mais encontradas hemorragia sub-retiniana e turbidez vítrea após tratamento, e somente um animal permanecia com a lesão de embainhamento vascular. A avaliação dos registros de ERG mostrou diminuição da amplitude de onda “b” nas respostas de bastonetes e máxima resposta entre os momentos. Conclui-se que a LV promove alterações no fundo de olhos de cães antes mesmo da ocorrência de perda visual e a miltefosina é eficaz no tratamento da doença, porém promovendo poucas mudanças dos achados de fundoscopia e de ERG.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) canine is characterized by a huge variability of clinical manifestations, among them skin and eye damage. Few studies of the changes of the posterior segment of an eye of dogs affected by the disease, mainly due to the opacity of the anterior segment. The objective was to assess and describe the main fundus and ERG changes observed in dogs naturally affected by LV before and after treatment with miltefosine. Eight dogs were selected which showed no vascular or other infectious diseases, and to produce clear ocular media. They used photographic records of the posterior segment and evaluation of retinal function by electroretinography. The findings included fundus vascular attenuation, increased reflective, retinal pigmentation, vascular sheathing, peripapillary hyperpigmentation, subretinal hemorrhage, atrophy of the optic disk, vitreous turbidity, papilledema, vascular tortuosity. All animals were clinically benefit of drug treatment, no longer found bleeding subretinal and vitreous turbidity after treatment, only one animal was to vascular sheathing. The evaluation of the ERG records showed decreased amplitude wave "b" in the responses of rods and maximum response between times. It concludes that the LV promotes changes in the dog's eyes background even before the occurrence of visual loss and miltefosine is effective in treating the disease, but provided few changes of fundus findings and ERG.
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) canine is characterized by a huge variability of clinical manifestations, among them skin and eye damage. Few studies of the changes of the posterior segment of an eye of dogs affected by the disease, mainly due to the opacity of the anterior segment. The objective was to assess and describe the main fundus and ERG changes observed in dogs naturally affected by LV before and after treatment with miltefosine. Eight dogs were selected which showed no vascular or other infectious diseases, and to produce clear ocular media. They used photographic records of the posterior segment and evaluation of retinal function by electroretinography. The findings included fundus vascular attenuation, increased reflective, retinal pigmentation, vascular sheathing, peripapillary hyperpigmentation, subretinal hemorrhage, atrophy of the optic disk, vitreous turbidity, papilledema, vascular tortuosity. All animals were clinically benefit of drug treatment, no longer found bleeding subretinal and vitreous turbidity after treatment, only one animal was to vascular sheathing. The evaluation of the ERG records showed decreased amplitude wave "b" in the responses of rods and maximum response between times. It concludes that the LV promotes changes in the dog's eyes background even before the occurrence of visual loss and miltefosine is effective in treating the disease, but provided few changes of fundus findings and ERG.
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antiprotozoário, eletrorretinografia, fundo de olho, leishmaniose visceral, antiprotozoal, electroretinography, eye fundus, visceral leishmaniasis