Mace T F
J Wildl Dis. 1976 Jan;12(1):88-92. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-12.1.88.
Adult Dioctophyma renale occupied the enlarged renal pelvis of the right kidney of naturally infected mink. Lesions in the kidney parenchyma consisted of connective tissue proliferation in the interstitial tissue, tubular atrophy and fibrosis, and periglomerular fibrosis. The luminal surface of the renal pelvis wall was formed of numerous papillae covered with transitional epithelium. The nematodes in the lumen were bathed in an albuminous fluid containing red blood cells, epithelial cells and D. renale eggs. The left (uninfected) kidney was 60% larger than the left kidney of normal mink.
成年肾膨结线虫占据了自然感染水貂右肾增大的肾盂。肾实质病变包括间质组织结缔组织增生、肾小管萎缩和纤维化以及肾小球周围纤维化。肾盂壁的腔面由许多覆盖有移行上皮的乳头构成。管腔内的线虫浸浴在含有红细胞、上皮细胞和肾膨结线虫卵的蛋白液中。左侧（未感染）肾脏比正常水貂的左肾大60%。
