TY - JOUR
T1 - Spirocerca lupi infection in the dog
T2 - Aberrant migration
AU - Harrus, Shimon
AU - Harmelin, Alon
AU - Markovics, Alexander
AU - Bark, Hylton
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The nematode Spirocerca lupi (S. lupi), a parasite of dogs and other carnivores, affects mainly the esophagus and the aorta leading to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and circulatory signs. Aberrant migration of the worm to unusual anatomical structures, especially the thoracic cavity, resulting in atypical clinical signs is being reported more frequently. Aberrant migration of S. lupi is reviewed, and two such cases (i.e., migration to the heart, causing an aortico-pulmonary "window-like" opening, and to a subcutaneous abscess in the caudal thoracic region) are presented.
AB - The nematode Spirocerca lupi (S. lupi), a parasite of dogs and other carnivores, affects mainly the esophagus and the aorta leading to gastrointestinal, respiratory, and circulatory signs. Aberrant migration of the worm to unusual anatomical structures, especially the thoracic cavity, resulting in atypical clinical signs is being reported more frequently. Aberrant migration of S. lupi is reviewed, and two such cases (i.e., migration to the heart, causing an aortico-pulmonary "window-like" opening, and to a subcutaneous abscess in the caudal thoracic region) are presented.
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U2 - 10.5326/15473317-32-2-125
DO - 10.5326/15473317-32-2-125
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C2 - 8680918
AN - SCOPUS:0030099397
SN - 0587-2871
VL - 32
SP - 125
EP - 130
JO - Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
JF - Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
IS - 2
ER -