Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Giant kidney worm infection causing blood in urine in dogs
By Nakagawa, Tizianne Larissa Duim Ribeiro et al.·Published in Veterinary parasitology·2007·Departamento de Medicina Veteriná, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Giant kidney worm (Dioctophyma renale) infections in dogs from Northern Paraná, Brazil.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female Fila Brasileiro and a 16-year-old male Poodle were found to have giant kidney worms (Dioctophyma renale) during a routine examination after they both showed blood in their urine (hematuria). The Poodle also had a prostate tumor but had not been diagnosed with the worm infection before. During the examination, three giant worms were discovered in the bladder of the Fila, and one was found in the Poodle's kidney area. Unfortunately, both dogs were diagnosed post-mortem, so no treatment was administered.
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Abstract
This article describes the pathological observations of Dioctophyma renale in dogs from the northern region of the State of Paraná, Brazil. A female, 6-year-old dog, Fila Brasileiro breed and a 16-year-old, male Poodle were diagnosed positive for D. renale during routine necropsy. Clinically, both dogs demonstrated hematuria, and the Poodle had a radiographic diagnosis of prostatic tumor, but neither had a clinical diagnosis of this infection prior to necropsy. Three giant worms were observed in the urinary bladder of the first case and one within the renal pelvis of the other dog. Histological findings were similar in both cases and represented compressive atrophy due to the presence of the nematode. Additionally, aspects of the life cycle, pathogenesis and epidemiology associated with this parasitism in Brazil are also discussed.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17156927/