TY - JOUR
T1 - Aortic thromboembolism associated with Spirocerca lupi infection
AU - Gal, Arnon
AU - Kleinbart, Sigal
AU - Aizenberg, Zahi
AU - Baneth, Gad
PY - 2005/6/30
Y1 - 2005/6/30
N2 - A 2-year-old male castrated Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was presented with paraplegia, cold caudal extremities and lack of femoral pulses. A 2 cm long thrombus occluding the aortic trifurcation and a 3 cm long abdominal aortic aneurysm with a thrombus were detected by ultrasonographic examination. The clinical and ultrasonographic findings were consistent with aortic thromboembolism. Anti-thrombotic and vasodilative therapy was not helpful and the dog was euthanized 3 days after the onset of paraplegia. A thrombus in the aortic trifurcation, multiple thoracic and abdominal aneurysms and a distal mediastinal esophageal granuloma containing Spirocera lupi worms were found on necropsy. The abdominal aortic aneurysms formed by S. lupi larval migration are believed to be responsible for the formation of the thrombus that occluded the aortic trifurcation. This is the first report of aortic thromboembolism associated with S. lupi infection.
AB - A 2-year-old male castrated Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was presented with paraplegia, cold caudal extremities and lack of femoral pulses. A 2 cm long thrombus occluding the aortic trifurcation and a 3 cm long abdominal aortic aneurysm with a thrombus were detected by ultrasonographic examination. The clinical and ultrasonographic findings were consistent with aortic thromboembolism. Anti-thrombotic and vasodilative therapy was not helpful and the dog was euthanized 3 days after the onset of paraplegia. A thrombus in the aortic trifurcation, multiple thoracic and abdominal aneurysms and a distal mediastinal esophageal granuloma containing Spirocera lupi worms were found on necropsy. The abdominal aortic aneurysms formed by S. lupi larval migration are believed to be responsible for the formation of the thrombus that occluded the aortic trifurcation. This is the first report of aortic thromboembolism associated with S. lupi infection.
KW - Abdominal aortic aneurysm
KW - Aortic thromboembolism
KW - Dog
KW - Spirocerca lupi
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=19544392888&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.037
DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.037
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C2 - 15893430
AN - SCOPUS:19544392888
SN - 0304-4017
VL - 130
SP - 331
EP - 335
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
IS - 3-4
ER -