title: Intracranial migration of Eucoleus (Capillaria) boehmi in a dog.
abstract: A 4-year-old, spayed-female great Dane was referred for surgical treatment of a suspected meningioma, diagnosed on magnetic resonance imaging 10 days prior to presentation. The suspected meningioma was removed via image-guided stereotactic craniotomy. Histopathological diagnosis was severe, locally extensive, chronic meningoencephalitis with an intralesional nematode egg. The egg was morphologically consistent with Eucoleus boehmi, and aberrant migration into the cranial cavity was the presumed cause of this lesion. Three faecal samples were collected and revealed 4+ E. boehmi eggs. Treatment involved 110 mg/kg fenbendazole (Panacur, Intervet) orally twice daily for 14 days. Nematodes including E. boehmi are a previously un-recognised source of intracranial disease in dogs, and should be considered as a differential for mass-like lesions visualised by magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Voges
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D005273:Fenbendazole