Ectopic (subcutaneous) Paragonimus miyazakii infection in a dog.
Ectopic infection with Paragonimus miyazakii was determined to be the cause of a subcutaneous inguinal mass in a 15-month-old, male, boar-hunting dog. On histologic examination, the mass comprised granulomatous panniculitis, intralesional adult trematodes and eggs, and lymphadenitis. Extrapulmonary paragonimosis in animals is rare. This appears to be the first report in a dog of ectopic P. miyazakii infection with mature trematodes and eggs that involved the inguinofemoral lymphocenter and surrounding subcutis.
Laboratory of Small Animal Clinics, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Azabu University, Kanagawa 229-8501, Japan. madarame@azabu-u.ac.jp
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Madarame
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Suzuki
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Tachibana
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Sugiyama
D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010237:Paragonimiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010238:Paragonimus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D018509:DNA, Helminth; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer