Digital papillomatosis in a confined Beagle

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2001 Jul;13(4):346-8. doi: 10.1177/104063870101300412.

Abstract

Papillomavirus-induced papillomas were diagnosed on multiple digits of all 4 feet of a young Beagle. No other cutaneous or oral involvement was identified. Papillomavirus antigen was confirmed by immunoperoxidase localization within keratinocyte nuclei. In addition to the typical basophilic intranuclear inclusions associated with papillomavirus infections, keratinocytes within the papillomas contained large, eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions that previously have been described in a Boxer with cutaneous lesions associated with a papillomavirus infection. The papillomas in this Beagle regressed completely within 2 months of the initial diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / pathology
  • Dog Diseases / virology*
  • Dogs
  • Foot Diseases / pathology
  • Foot Diseases / veterinary
  • Male
  • Papilloma / pathology
  • Papilloma / veterinary*
  • Papillomaviridae / genetics
  • Papillomaviridae / pathogenicity
  • Papillomavirus Infections / pathology
  • Papillomavirus Infections / veterinary*
  • Tumor Virus Infections / pathology
  • Tumor Virus Infections / veterinary*