Informe de pasantía profesional en el hospital escuela de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina.Dioctophyma renale en canino de raza French Poodle Reporte caso clínico.

Abstract

Entire of French Poodle breed of 9 months old, entry the HE on 09/20/17, with symptoms of abdominal pain of a week of evolution, to the anamnesis the owner reported that he had taken his pet to another clinic where a blood case was made (the owner was unaware of the results) and abdominal ultrasound revealed a reactive liver / inflammation and thickened bowel loops. He owner also reported that three days ago the pet defecated with blood and vomited. At the physical examination, intestinall inflamed handles and pain were detected to the palpation in the epigastric region, a blood sample is obtained and an abdominal ultrasound is observed where distended bowel loops are observed, right kidney slightly enlarged (4.5 x 2.2 cm), at level of the renal pelvis detected a rounded image of 0.5 cm in diameter, and peripheral to the kidney an image of seeing me free, suggestive of Dioctophyme renale. In addition, in the abdomen, multiple rounded tubular images were seen in both transverse and longitudinal sections. In exploratory laparotomy, a view was found intestinal worms crossing the right kidney, as well as the abdomen, so radical nephrectomy of the right kidney and extraction of parasites or worms were carried out, after which a pharmacological treatment was established (Cefalotin 80 mg total/ 12 hours / EV, Tramadol 10 mg total/ 8 hours / EV, Metoclopramide 1 ml / 10 Kg / 8 hs / Slow EV, Ranitidine 2 mg / Kg / 12 hs / Subcutaneous) and moved to the inpatient service to observe its postsurgical evolution, was discharged on 09/29/17.