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Title: Ocular changes in a horse with gutturomycosis. Author: Hatziolos BC, Sass B, Albert TF, Stevenson MC. Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc; 1975 Jul 01; 167(1):51-4. PubMed ID: 1150492. Abstract: Recurrent epistaxis and locomotor and visual disturbances leading to blindness in a 7-year-old gelding appeared to have resulted from a spreading fungal granuloma of the guttural pouch. The inflammatory area extended to the intracranial segment of the right optic nerve and to the region adjacent to the optic chiasma. Microscopically, changes indicative of multiple foci of ischemic infarction were noticed in the retina, optic nerves, optic chiasma, and optic lobe. The profusely growing fungal elements in the guttural granuloma had the morphologic characteristics of an Aspergillus sp.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]