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Vet Pathol 38:239-242 (2001)
© 2001 American College of Veterinary Pathologists
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Aural-pharyngeal Polyps Associated with Cryptosporidium Infection in Three Iguanas (Iguana iguana)

E. W. Uhl, E. Jacobson, T. E. Bartick, J. Micinilio and R. Schimdt

Abstract

Cryptosporidium spp. infection was associated with aural-pharyngeal polyps in three iguanas (Iguana iguana). All iguanas were presented for masses protruding from the ear canal, and the disease was characterized by a chronic clinical course. The masses consisted of nests of cystic glands surrounded by abundant fibrous connective tissue and lined by hyperplastic cuboidal to pseudostratified columnar epithelium that was moderately to heavily colonized by cryptosporidial organisms. Electron microscopy revealed that the majority of organisms were trophozoites.

Key words: Aural-pharyngeal polyp; Cryptosporidium; iguanas.

Request reprints from Dr. E. W. Uhl, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Box 100145, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0145 (USA).






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