Systemic aspergillosis was diagnosed in a two-and-a-half-year-old spay
ed German shepherd dog which had suffered an acute attack of paralysis
of the pelvic limbs. The neurological deficits were attributed to the
destruction of the seventh vertebral body and the intervertebral disc
, with protrusion of necrotic material into the vertebral canal and co
mpression of the spinal cord at this level. Microscopically, fungal in
vasion and destruction of the body of T-7 was observed and Aspergillus
species were identified. Fungal granulomas were also found in the liv
er, lung, spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes.