title: Ultrasonographic features of peritoneal cestodiasis caused by Mesocestoides sp. in a dog and in a cat.
abstract: Peritoneal infections caused by Mesocestoides spp. are rare in dogs and cats. Little data exist on the role of abdominal ultrasonography for diagnosis and therapy management of the disease. We describe the ultrasonographic features of peritoneal cestodiasis in a dog and in a cat. In the dog, abdominal ultrasound allowed both a presumptive diagnosis and the collection of tissue samples to confirm peritoneal larval infection. Ultrasound was also very useful for therapy management. In the second patient the ultrasonographic features of tetrathyridial infection in a cat in which the parasite was observed as an incidental finding during ovariohysterectomy are described.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Veterinaria Città di Pavia, Viale Cremona, Pavia, Italy. luigivenco@libero.it
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Venco
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pagliaro
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Genchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002415:Cats; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008645:Mesocestoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D014463:Ultrasonography