Medical gallery

Photo 2 - (from left to right) blepharitis and periocular dermopathy, swelling carpal tip, erosive lesion on the tail (Gavazza et al., Veterinaria, 65 (3), 93-103, 2016)

Photo 1 - (from left to right) lymphadenopathy of the prescapular and poplite lymph node (Gavazza et al, Veterinaria, 65 (3), 93-103, 2016)

Typical serum protein electrophoresis with a beta-gamma peak

Exfoliative dermatitis and “glass” sign

“Glass” sign, skin disease close to eyelids

Unilateral epistaxis

Ulcers of digital pads secondary to vasculitis

Depigmentation, erosion and ulcers in the nasal planum

Granulomatous inflammation involving eyelids, granulomatous congiuntivitis and uveitis

Proliferative inflammation of penis mucosal

Giant macrophage engulfed by Leishmania i. in a lymphnode smear prepared by needle infixion

Few macrophages with Leishmania i. in a bone marrow aspirate smear

Macrophage with Leishmania i. in a bone marrow aspirate smear

Engulfed macrophage by melanin and Leishmania i. in a lymphnode smear prepared by needle-infixion

Dog affected by leishmaniasis with severe cachexia, onicogriphosis and ulcers

Histological features of mesangial glomerulonephritis in canine leishmaniasis

Histological features of membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis in canine leishmaniasis

Skin lesions in the pinna (a- inside b- outside) in a patient affected by leishmaniasis

Exfoliative dermatitis close to eyelids and nose

Phlebotomine or sand-fly responsible of the canine leishmaniasis transmission

Phlebotomines in the copula act – at the left the female, at the right the male

Phlebotomine as IV stage larvae with four caudal bristles

Phlebotomine as I stage larvae with two caudal bristles

Phlebotomine as mature pupas – in the left pupa is already evident the eye and wing drafts

Transmission cycle of the visceral zoonotic leishmaniasis

Some dead female phlebotomines

Biological cycle of the phlebotomine