TECIDO ABDOMINAL EXUBERANTE PROVOCADO POR Pythium Insidiosum EM EQUINO: RELATO DE CASO.

Abstract

Pythiosis, also known as "fashion wounds," is a chronic infectious dermatopathy that involves the skin and subcutaneous tissue and may manifest itself in other ways. Therefore, this study aimed to report a case of pythiosis in the ventral region of the abdomen of a mare of six years, in order to present the surgery and after surgery, as well as the progress of wound healing. It was observed in the animal, hemorrhagic and ulcerative edema and wound throughout the ventral region of the abdomen. The animal was referred for surgical excision of the ulcerated tissue. For this, acepromazine (0.05 mg / kg) and detomidine (0.04 mg / kg) were used as preanesthetic medication, both intravenously. On induction, diazepam (0.1 mg / kg) and ketamine (2 mg / kg) both intravenously. Treatment of skin lesions after pythose removal was exclusively topical. The healing process evolved satisfactorily, being possible the visualization of accelerated centripetal epithelization at 62 days. Thus, surgical removal and topical treatment with wound cleaning three times a day, performing chlorhexidine lavage, allantoin based ointment associated with zinc oxide, sugar and ointment based on ketoconazole was effective in the treatment of the animal.