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Chylous ascites was diagnosed in 3 dogs. Mesenteric lymphangiography was performed in 2 dogs and helped delineate abnormalities of the lymphatic system. The cause of chylous ascites in each dog appeared to be different. In 1 dog, a ruptured mesenteric lymphatic was identified at surgery. Evidence of abdominal lymphatic obstruction was found in another dog. Chylous ascites in the third dog appeared to be a complication of mesenteric lymphangiography for chylothorax.
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Ascite Quilosa/veterinária , Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico , Animais , Ascite Quilosa/diagnóstico , Ascite Quilosa/patologia , Doenças do Cão/patologia , Cães , Feminino , Jejuno/patologia , Fígado/patologia , Doenças Linfáticas/complicações , Doenças Linfáticas/veterinária , Sistema Linfático/lesões , Sistema Linfático/patologia , Linfografia/efeitos adversos , Linfografia/veterinária , Masculino , RupturaRESUMO
Neospora caninum, a protozoan organism, caused extensor rigidity of the pelvic limbs in a 12-week-old dog. Diagnosis was based on results of muscle biopsy, neuroelectrodiagnostics, serotesting, and cell culture. Indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) titer to N caninum was 1:800 at time of admission and 1:3,200 after 4 and 6 weeks. A reciprocal IFA titer of 50 to N caninum was also found in the CSF. Serotesting for T gondii was negative. Treatment with clindamycin followed by sulfadiazine and trimethoprim did not change the pelvic limb extensor rigidity, but other signs of minor neurologic dysfunction improved.
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Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais , Animais , Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/análise , Biópsia/veterinária , Clindamicina/uso terapêutico , Doenças do Cão/tratamento farmacológico , Cães , Quimioterapia Combinada , Eletromiografia , Eucariotos/imunologia , Eucariotos/isolamento & purificação , Membro Posterior/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Músculos/parasitologia , Músculos/fisiopatologia , Infecções por Protozoários/diagnóstico , Infecções por Protozoários/tratamento farmacológico , Sulfadiazina/uso terapêutico , Trimetoprima/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia was diagnosed in 2 dogs and a cat. One dog was referred because of clinical signs of cardiac tamponade and acute decompensation from liver entrapment within the hernia. Surgical correction of the hernia alleviated clinical signs in all 3 animals. Echocardiography was used in combination with radiography to provide a rapid and accurate diagnosis.
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Doenças do Gato/diagnóstico , Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico , Ecocardiografia/veterinária , Hérnia Diafragmática/diagnóstico , Animais , Doenças do Gato/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças do Gato/cirurgia , Gatos , Doenças do Cão/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças do Cão/cirurgia , Cães , Hérnia Diafragmática/diagnóstico por imagem , Hérnia Diafragmática/cirurgia , Masculino , RadiografiaRESUMO
A 6-year-old Golden Retriever was referred for evaluation of hind limb paresis and generalized weakness. Neurologic examination revealed multifocal cervical and lumbosacral spinal disease. Radiography and myelography failed to identify a lesion. Cerebrospinal fluid was markedly cellular and had a high protein concentration, consistent with myelitis or a neoplastic process. The dog did not improve with medical management. Gross and histologic examination of the brain and spinal cord revealed a thick meningeal surface characterized by polymorphic histiocytic-like cells to multinucleate giant cells. The neoplastic process was considered to be a disseminated meningeal polymorphic cell sarcoma.