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Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences | Volume-5 | Issue-05
Intramuscular Dioctophyme renale Surgically Removed from Dog – Rare Case Report
Pâmela Caye, Vanessa Milech, Charles Silva de Lima, Fabrício de Vargas Arigony Braga, Marlete Brum Cleff, Josaine Cristina da Silva Rappeti, Guilherme Albuquerque de Oliveira Cavalcanti
Published: May 30, 2018 |
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Pages: 266-269
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Abstract
Abstract: Dioctophyme renale is a nematode that affects mainly the right kidney of carnivores, but can also be found ectopically. A five-year-old dog was admitted at the Hospital of Veterinary Clinics at Federal University of Pelotas, presenting a swelling at the base of the penis and testicles. By ultrasonographic evaluation, the dog was diagnosed with dioctophymatosis at the lateral area of the penis in the abdominal cavity. This study was aimed to report a Dioctophyme renale case that was solved with a surgical procedure, which resulted in the removal of a 50-centimeter-long parasite from the rectus abdominis muscle of the patient. Even though no case of Dioctophyme renale on skeletal muscle of dogs has been reported before, it was concluded that the parasite can survive on muscular tissue of dogs.