Survival analysis of dogs diagnosed with canine peritoneal larval cestodiasis (Mesocestoides spp.)

Boyce, Walter M.; Shender, Lisa A.; Schultz, Laura Luise; Vickers, T. Winston; Johnson, Christine K.; Ziccardi, Michael H.; Beckett, Laurel A.; Padgett, Kerry A.; Crosbie, Paul R.; Sykes, Jane E.

doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.023

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“…The clinical, anatomical and histopathological findings allow epidemiological and etiopathogenetic observations that could be useful for clinicians, since early diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic treatment determine the patient's prognosis (Boyce et al 2011). It is known that this disease occurs in stray animals as a result of their eating habits (Srivastava 1939;Wirtherle et al 2007).…”

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Mesocestoidosis and multivisceral tetrathyridiosis in a European cat

Lanteri¹,

Di²,

Capucchio³

et al. 2017

Vet. Med.

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This report describes the clinical, parasitological and pathological findings in a 6-year-old intact female European cat with thoracic and peritoneal tetrathyridiosis, characterized by genital involvement. Physical examination and X-ray evaluation revealed laboured breathing and several pulmonary nodules suggestive of cancer. However, necropsy demonstrated a parasitic aetiology of the disease. Histologically, multifocal granulomas were detected in the lungs, uterus and ovary. Parasitological examination permitted identification of the intestinal parasites as Mesocestoides lineatus, which was later confirmed by molecular examination. The larval forms in the peritoneal and chest cavity were identified as the second stage of the Mesocestoides sp. cestode named Tetrathyridia spp. The chronic injuries observed and the rapid course of the disease from the onset of the symptoms until death suggested a long period without clinical signs and indicate that overt disease can potentially be triggered by a failure of the immune system. The observed oophoritis and metritis identify tetrathyridiosis as a possible differential diagnosis in genital dysfunction.

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Mesocestoidosis and multivisceral tetrathyridiosis in a European cat

Lanteri¹,

Di²,

Capucchio³

et al. 2017

Vet. Med.

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“…Adult Mesocestoides tapeworms can inhabit the intestine of wild and domestic carnivores including dogs, coyotes, foxes, skunks, and cats, as well as people . Intestinal infections with adult Mesocestoides tapeworms are usually nonpathogenic and asymptomatic, with the exception of fecal elimination of egg‐filled proglottids produced by the adult tapeworms . The eggs (onchospheres) are not directly infectious to vertebrates and must first be ingested by an unknown first intermediate host suspected to be a coprophagic ground‐dwelling insect.…”

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“…The eggs (onchospheres) are not directly infectious to vertebrates and must first be ingested by an unknown first intermediate host suspected to be a coprophagic ground‐dwelling insect. Ants and orbatid mites have previously been proposed as possible first intermediate hosts . The first intermediate host is then ingested by a second intermediate host.…”

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“…Within the second intermediate host, tetrathyridia (a third larval stage) develop by asexual multiplication. Tetrathyridia can be found throughout the body of the second intermediate host including the peritoneal cavity and liver . The second intermediate host is then ingested by the definitive host completing the life cycle.…”

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“…Tapeworms of the genus Mesocestoides are well described in the literature as causing life‐threatening peritonitis with severe peritoneal effusion in dogs. This disease syndrome is termed as canine peritoneal larval cestodiasis (CPLC) . A presumptive diagnosis of CPLC is typically made using cytology to identify the larval stages (metacestodes or tetrathyridia) of Mesocestoides or calcareous corpuscles in peritoneal fluid samples .…”

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Cestode infection in 2 dogs: cytologic findings in liver and a mesenteric lymph node

Patten¹,

Rich²,

Zaks³

et al. 2012

Veterinary Clinical Pathol

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Mesocestoides cestode infections in dogs are well known for causing severe peritonitis with larvae or larval fragments (metacestodes, tetrathyridia, or calcareous corpuscles) frequently observed cytologically in peritoneal fluid samples. This case report describes the cytologic and clinical features of 2 dogs infected with cestode larvae, with one case confirmed and the other presumed to be Mesocestoides sp. In these 2 unusual cases, cestode larvae or larval fragments were found in fine-needle aspirates of the liver and a mesenteric lymph node, but no organisms were found in peritoneal fluid samples. The data presented in this report indicate that clinical pathologists should not rule out Mesocestoides sp cestodiasis based on the absence of larvae in peritoneal fluid samples from dogs.

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Peritonitis

Bentley

2015

Small Animal Surgical Emergencies

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Survival analysis of dogs diagnosed with canine peritoneal larval cestodiasis (Mesocestoides spp.)

Cited by 36 publications

References 18 publications

Mesocestoidosis and multivisceral tetrathyridiosis in a European cat

Mesocestoidosis and multivisceral tetrathyridiosis in a European cat

Cestode infection in 2 dogs: cytologic findings in liver and a mesenteric lymph node

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