| Abstract: | A 10-year-old castrated male mixed-breed dog exhibited vomiting, lethargy and anorexia.An abdominal ultrasound examination revealed a focal dilation of the abdominal aorta. Thedog died 2 days after examination, and necropsy revealed a ruptured aneurysm at theabdominal aorta between the kidneys. Histological examination revealed severegranulomatous and necrotizing pan-arteritis with fungal organisms.Graphium species was identified through DNA sequence analysis of thePCR product from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples. To our knowledge, this is thefirst report of aortic aneurysm caused by Graphium species in a dog. |
