Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with abdominal swelling diagnosed with Mesocestoides lineatus
By Wirtherle, N et al.·Published in Parasitology international·2007·Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Germany·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: First case of canine peritoneal larval cestodosis caused by Mesocestoides lineatus in Germany.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 13-year-old Dalmatian was brought to the vet with a swollen belly and a loss of appetite that had been going on for several months. The dog was also vomiting and had diarrhea. During surgery, the vet found a foreign object causing a serious intestinal issue and discovered small cyst-like structures in the abdomen. Tests confirmed that these structures were caused by a type of tapeworm called Mesocestoides lineatus. This case is significant as it is the first reported instance of this condition in Germany, and the dog received treatment for both the intestinal problem and the tapeworm infection.
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Abstract
A 13-year-old Dalmatian dog was presented with a history of abdominal enlargement and reduced appetite for several months. Acute clinical signs were anorexia, vomiting and diarrhoea. During exploratory laparotomy, acute intestinal perforation due to a foreign body and peritonitis was diagnosed. In addition, the abdominal cavity was filled with multiple small (0.5 cm), white, cyst-like structures. Histopathology revealed typical cestode structures of the cyst walls but no protoscolices were found. PCR was performed with cestode specific primers of the mitochondrial 12S rDNA. The sequence showed a 99.75% identity with a Mesocestoides lineatus isolate published in the NCBI GenBank. This is the first case of canine peritoneal larval cestodosis (CPLC) in Germany and the first evidence of M. lineatus as causal agent for CPLC.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17693129/