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ULTRASONOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF PERITONEAL CESTODIASIS CAUSED BY MESOCESTOIDES SP. IN A DOG AND IN A CAT
Author(s) -
Venco Luigi,
Kramer Laura,
Pagliaro Luigi,
Genchi Claudio
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00076.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , cats , ultrasound , abdominal ultrasonography , abdominal ultrasound , pathology , radiology
Peritoneal infections caused by Mesocestoides spp. are rare in dogs and cats. Little data exist on the role of abdominal ultrasonography for diagnosis and therapy management of the disease. We describe the ultrasonographic features of peritoneal cestodiasis in a dog and in a cat. In the dog, abdominal ultrasound allowed both a presumptive diagnosis and the collection of tissue samples to confirm peritoneal larval infection. Ultrasound was also very useful for therapy management. In the second patient the ultrasonographic features of tetrathyridial infection in a cat in which the parasite was observed as an incidental finding during ovariohysterectomy are described.