Abstract
Dermal cosmetic fillers are commonly used in camels in the last few years in Gulf countries. Therefore, this study aimed to describe the radiographic as well as sonographic findings of injected cosmetic fillers in Arabian camel perinasal region in beauty shows. Total number of (n = 11,626) Arabian camels (Camelus dromedarius) were thoroughly investigated for injection of cosmetic fillers in the perinasal area. The age of the camels was 6 months to 10 years, and their weights were 400 to 650 kg. In parallel, control group consists of 30 age/weight–matched non-injected camels were used. Of the 11,626 examined camels, 25 animals (0.0.002%) were injected with cosmetic fillers in the perinasal region. Of the 25 camels, 19 (76%) were females and 6 (24%) were males. Radiographic examinations were carried out for the 25 injected camel perinasal regions. Parallel, ultrasonographic examination of the injected perinasal regions revealed precise discrimination of the filler material, which was appeared hypo-echogenic in 17 camels (68%) and with anechoic spots in the remaining 8 camels (32%). Variable degrees of swelling caused by injection of moderate and large quantities of fillers were noted by radiographic assessment, the injected cosmetic filler was precisely diagnosed in perinasal region grey in color having soft tissue density in obtained radiographs. In conclusion, radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations are reliable, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostic imaging techniques can precisely discriminate a filler agent in the soft tissues and determine the situ and size of cutaneous deposits in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius).

Key words: Animals; diagnostic imaging; pathology; ruminant; sheep.