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Case Reports
. 2011:2011:682039.
doi: 10.1155/2011/682039. Epub 2011 Jun 8.

A Dog with Pseudo-Addison Disease Associated with Trichuris vulpis Infection

Luigi Venco  1 , Valentina Valenti, Marco Genchi, Giulio Grandi
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Case Reports

A Dog with Pseudo-Addison Disease Associated with Trichuris vulpis Infection

Luigi Venco et al. J Parasitol Res. 2011.

Abstract

A female Rottweiler dog was presented with a history of intermittent vomiting and diarrhoea, dysorexia, weakness, and weight loss. Haemocytometry and biochemistry values were within normal ranges except for electrolyte analyses, that demonstrated hyponatremia and hyperkalemia with a decreased sodium/potassium ratio. A diagnosis of hypoadrenocorticism was suspected. Basal and post-ACTH stimulation cortisolemia were within the normal values. Electrocardiography was normal, and thoracic radiography showed no significant modifications. On abdominal ultrasonography, adrenal glands appeared normal, while the bowel was distended, and several thin linear hyperechoic objects floating in the lumen were observed. Two adult female whipworms (Trichuris vulpis) were collected following bowel irrigation. Anthelmintic treatment against the parasite was curative.

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Figure 1
Thoracic radiograph laterolateral view showing the reduction of the cardiac silhouette (vertebral heart scale system score: 8.2) and pulmonary vascular hypoperfusion that both suggest reduction of plasmatic volume.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Abdominal ultrasonography (linear probe 10 MHz). In different views, the bowel appears distended by fluid with several thin linear hyperechoic objects (arrows (a)) (white square (b)) floating within the lumen.
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