A case of dermatophytic mycetoma caused by Micrcosporum canis in a Persian cat

In the course of a year an eight and a half year-old neutered male Persian developed a nodule localised at the base of the tail and centred on an ulcer the surface of which was flecked with yellowish grains. The complementary examinations carried out (cytology histopathology and fungal culture) led to the diagnosis of a dermatophytic mycetoma caused by Microsporum canis. The patient was cured using an intraconazole-based treatment which lasted for two mounths and which was well-tolerated. The author presents the principal agents and the components of the differential diagnosis of both the human and animal mycetoma, as well as providing a bibliographical review of the cases of mycetoma previously reported in cats.