ABSTRACT
This paper describes an 11-month-old female Pinscher dog, with anatomical changes of the ear on the right side. After physical exam, clinical and radiographic diagnosis of microtia with ear canal atresia on the right side was made. As the animal did not show any signs of vestibular system changes or ear infections, the veterinarians opted for monitoring the patient. Microtia, characterized by the partial or complete hypoplasia of pina, as well as other abnormalities of ear canal are rarely described in veterinary medicine. As far as the author´s knowledge by literature review carried out, this is the first report of a dog with microtia and congenital ear canal atresia not associated with vestibular syndrome in Brazil.
Keywords:
dog; anomaly; congenital alterations
