Intradural Dirofilariasis in a Dog with Chronic Cervical Pain
| Autor: | Jason M. Berg, Kathleen Ann Bonawandt, Joseph D. Stefanacci, Richard J. Joseph |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty 040301 veterinary sciences Dirofilaria immitis medicine.medical_treatment Dura mater 0403 veterinary science Lesion 03 medical and health sciences Dogs Dirofilariasis medicine Animals Dog Diseases Small Animals Neck pain Neck Pain biology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Laminectomy Magnetic resonance imaging 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Vertebra Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 53:59-63 |
| ISSN: | 1547-3317 0587-2871 |
| DOI: | 10.5326/jaaha-ms-6450 |
| Popis: | A 7 yr old female spayed Yorkshire terrier was referred to the author's institute for a 5 mo history of recurrent cervical spinal pain. Neurologic examination did not reveal any deficits. Hematologic and serum analyses were within normal limits. Thoracic radiographs that incorporated the cervical spine did not show structural abnormalities. Magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine demonstrated a contrast enhancing, intradural extramedullary lesion at the level of the C2 vertebra. Hemilaminectomy was performed, during which a long, narrow nematode was visualized upon opening of the dura mater. The parasite was alive when removed during surgery, and the dog recovered with complete resolution of symptoms. The parasite was submitted and confirmed as a male adult Dirofilaria immitis. This is a novel case of an intradural D. immitis infection in the dog with a magnetic resonance imaging description of spinal D. immitis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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