Abstract
The Gingivitis-Stomatitis-Feline Pharyngitis Complex (CGEF) is an oral inflammation that affects cats and is considered the second disease with the largest number of oral diseases in the species. Feline CGEF is a disease characterized by intense inflammation of the gums and oral mucosa, due to an exaggerated reaction of the body to the accumulation of plaque and dental calculus in periodontal disease. The average age of occurrence is eight years old and can also affect animals between 3 and 15 years old. e, this paper has the objective of report a case of Feline gingivitis-stomatitis-pharyngitis complex. The animal was seen at the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Piauí, presenting a history of bloody secretion in the mouth for 30 days, hyporexia, halitosis and ulcers in the oral cavity. The therapy consisted in the control of the clinical signs presented and tooth extraction of the animal was requested.
Highlights
The Gingivitis-Stomatitis-Feline Pharyngitis Complex (CGEF) is an oral inflammation that affects cats and is considered the second disease with the largest number of oral diseases in the species
a disease characterized by intense inflammation of the gums
this paper has the objective of report a case of Feline gingivitis-stomatitis-pharyngitis complex
Summary
Foi atendido no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal do Piauí, um felino, sem raça definida (SRD), com pelagem branco com amarelo, macho, seis anos, 3,1 kg (Figura 1). O proprietário relatou que o animal apresentava secreção sanguinolenta na boca há 30 dias, que não se alimentava direito, reclamava de halitose e relatava possíveis úlceras na cavidade oral. No exame físico o animal encontrava-se bastante irritado e pôde-se observar na cavidade oral mucosas normocoradas, intensa gengivite e estomatite, com eritema, ulceração e edema. Macho, seis anos, S.R.D. atendido no Hospital Veterinário da Universidade Federal do Piauí. O hemograma constatou as seguintes alterações: eosinofilia, neutrofilia e anisocitose (Tabela 1). O animal foi diagnosticado com complexo gengivite-estomatite-faringite felina. Realizado no Hospital Veterinário Universitário da Universidade Federal do Piauí, demonstrando normocitose e normocromia, neutrofilia e eosinofilia. Hemácias x106/uL Hematócrito (%) Hemoglobina (g/dL) VGM (fl) CHGM (%) RDW (%) Plaquetas (x103/uL)
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