Pulmonary Echinococcus Multilocularis Metastasis in a Dog

Overview

Journal Can Vet J

Specialty Veterinary Medicine

Date 2015 Mar 10

PMID 25750447

Citations 1

Authors

Karine Gendron

Christine Goepfert

Elisa Linon

Horst Posthaus

Caroline F Frey

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Abstract

A young adult Labrador retriever dog was presented for surgical debulking of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis. Computed tomography detected hepatomegaly with multiple large cavitary masses with extension of tissue from a lesion wall into the caudal vena cava and numerous nodules in all lung lobes. Following euthanasia, histology confirmed parasitic vesicles with granulomatous reaction in all lesions, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) established the causative agent to be Echinococcus multilocularis. This report is the first to present imaging features of pulmonary E. multilocularis granulomata in a dog.

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