Diagnosis and treatment of "verminous aneurysm" formation in the horse.
The clinical manifestations, diagnosis and differential diagnosis of "verminous aneurysm" formation at the root of the cranial mesenteric artery and coeliac artery resulting from Strongylus vulgaris larvae migration are described. Forty-nine of 57 cases were successfully treated with low molecular weight dextran (dextran 70).
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001167:Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D002445:Celiac Artery; D003085:Colic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D003911:Dextrans / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006736:Horses; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000662:veterinary; D013319:Strongyle Infections, Equine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D003911:Dextrans