Toxoplasma gondii can cause in cats a multisystemic disease involving the liver, lungs, central nervous system and other organs. The liver generally shows multifocal necrotizing hepatitis with possible panlobular extension, with histological evidence of free tachyzoites and/or cysts containing bradyzoites within necrotic foci. Very rarely, toxoplasmosis is expressed by cholangitis, the latter being much more frequently caused in cats by bacteria of intestinal origin. We report here a case of cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis in a young cat, where cytology of the liver showed multiple maturational stages of protozoa in the cytoplasm of cells of the bile ducts. On the basis of the cytological, histological, ultrastructural and molecular details, the microorganisms were identified as belonging to the species Toxoplasma gondii.

Hyperplastic cholangitis in a naturally Toxoplasma gondii-infected cat.

MORINI, MARIA;BETTINI, GIULIANO
2014

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii can cause in cats a multisystemic disease involving the liver, lungs, central nervous system and other organs. The liver generally shows multifocal necrotizing hepatitis with possible panlobular extension, with histological evidence of free tachyzoites and/or cysts containing bradyzoites within necrotic foci. Very rarely, toxoplasmosis is expressed by cholangitis, the latter being much more frequently caused in cats by bacteria of intestinal origin. We report here a case of cholangitis/cholangiohepatitis in a young cat, where cytology of the liver showed multiple maturational stages of protozoa in the cytoplasm of cells of the bile ducts. On the basis of the cytological, histological, ultrastructural and molecular details, the microorganisms were identified as belonging to the species Toxoplasma gondii.
2014
De Tommasi AS;Morini M;Turba ME;Otranto D;Bettini G
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