Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Parasite Dioctophyme renale found in dog's kidney and chest cavities
By Caye, Pâmela et al.·Published in Parasitology international·2021·Hospital de Clí, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Ectopic Dioctophyme renale in the thoracic and abdominal cavities associated with renal parasitism in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-month-old mixed-breed female dog was brought in for an ultrasound after being diagnosed with a parasitic infection caused by Dioctophyme renale, which typically affects the right kidney but was also found in her abdominal and thoracic cavities. The veterinarians performed surgery to remove the infected kidney and the parasites from her chest. Thankfully, the dog recovered well after the surgery, which is a rare but effective treatment for this type of parasitic infection.
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Abstract
Dioctophymosis is the disease caused by the nematode Dioctophyme renale, normally found parasitizing the right kidney of dogs. The absence of symptoms is frequent in parasitized animals. The surgical procedures are commonly performed to treat this disease. This work describes a case involving a canine with renal and ectopic parasitosis in the abdominal and thoracic regions. A mixed-breed female dog, approximately four months old, was diagnosed by ultrasound as for the presence of D. renale in the right kidney and abdominal and thoracic cavities. The animal underwent exploratory celiotomy, nephrectomy of the parasitized kidney, and transdiaphragmatic thoracotomy to remove the thoracic parasite, with a single abdominal surgical wound and excellent postoperative recovery. Several reports of ectopic parasitosis are found, however, the thoracic finding is unusual, and curative therapeutic transdiaphragmatic thoracotomy for dioctophymosis in dogs has not been previously described.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33164870/