Ed's note: This case was originally uploaded in May 2014, before the galleries were opened for case submissions.
Six year old male Beardie seen a few days ago. The swelling started more than 8 weeks ago and the Beardie has been on treatment for stomatitis for at least 8 weeks with oral Baytril and daily iodine wipes at another practice. He is also bathed at least twice daily and the rest of the husbandry seems optimum. The lesion has not changed much over the treatment period and the dragon is otherwise BAR, eating and drinking normal and the rest of the skin appears normal. The lesion seems to be cutaneous/thickened skin and there is no discharge. Samples sent for culture came back negative.
I do not have much experience on this kind of thing but referral is not an option due to funding. I do not see the sense of continuing with oral Baytril and would appreciate any help on how to proceed.
Histopath is usually required here. CANV a primary fungal pathogen is a top differential and is hard to culture.
Other differentials include viral and bacterial infection or other fungal.