Hospital de Clínicas Veterinárias, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Campus Universitário, Capão do Leão, RS 96160-000, Brazil.
Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Campus Universitário, Capão do Leão, RS 96160-000, Brazil.
Parasitol Int. 2021 Feb;80:102211. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102211. Epub 2020 Oct 24.
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.
双腔吸虫病是由双腔吸虫寄生在狗的右肾引起的疾病。受感染的动物常无症状。通常采用手术治疗这种疾病。本工作描述了一例犬肾和异位寄生在腹部和胸部的病例。一只约四个月大的杂种母狗，通过超声检查发现右肾和腹部及胸部有 D. renale。该动物接受了剖腹探查术、受感染肾脏的肾切除术和经横膈膜胸腔切开术以去除胸部寄生虫，只有一个腹部手术切口，术后恢复良好。虽然已经有一些异位寄生的报道，但胸部的发现是不寻常的，并且以前没有描述过犬双腔吸虫病的治愈性横膈膜胸腔切开术。
