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J Vet Med Sci ; 84(4): 618-623, 2022 Apr 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35264495

ABSTRACT

This paper reports on two cases of laparoscopic nephrotomy employed in the treatment of canine dioctophymosis, which is considered a unusual procedure and a new treatment proposal heretofore not performed in veterinary medicine. Two patients were treated, one with a history of hematuria and the other with incidental finding of the parasite in the abdominal cavity during elective ovariohysterectomy. Both dogs were subjected to abdominal ultrasound, which produced images indicating the presence of the parasite in the right side kidney, but with partial parenchymal preservation. The patients were therefore subjected to laparoscopic nephrotomy. The surgical procedure was effective in treating dioctophymosis and enabled minimum tissue invasion during surgery, in addition to preservation of the kidney.


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Dog Diseases , Enoplida Infections , Kidney Neoplasms , Laparoscopy , Animals , Dog Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Dog Diseases/surgery , Dogs , Enoplida Infections/veterinary , Female , Kidney Neoplasms/veterinary , Laparoscopy/veterinary , Male , Nephrectomy/methods , Nephrectomy/veterinary , Nephrons/surgery
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Adv Exp Med Biol ; 1306: 129-142, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33959911

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Dioctophyme renale, the giant kidney worm, is a renal nematode from domestic and wild mammals that has zoonotic potential. In humans, dioctophimosis has been reported in several countries, mainly on the Asian continent, totaling more than 40 cases, which describe the parasite mainly infecting the kidneys, bladder, urethra and skin. Infection in animals and humans is related to the ingestion of the infective larva (L3) present in the aquatic oligochaete annelid (mandatory intermediate host) or fish and anurans (facultative paratenic hosts). Thus, the infection is related to the habit of drinking water contaminated with the mandatory intermediate host, as well as raw or undercooked meat from the facultative paratenic hosts. Dioctophimosis destroys the renal parenchyma and, in some cases, can cause the death of its hosts. In this chapter, we discuss the main topics regarding dioctophimosis in humans, domestic and wild animals, highlighting its importance in public health.


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Dioctophymatoidea , Nematoda , Parasites , Animals , Humans , Public Health , Zoonoses/epidemiology
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