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Multiple liver abscesses in a dog secondary to the liver fluke Metorchis conjunctus treated by percutaneous transhepatic drainage and alcoholization.
- Source :
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The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne [Can Vet J] 2016 Jun; Vol. 57 (6), pp. 605-9. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- A 1-year-old German shepherd × husky cross dog was diagnosed with multiple liver abscesses and severe cholangitis secondary to the liver fluke Metorchis conjunctus. The dog was successfully treated with 2 percutaneous transhepatic drainage and alcoholization procedures, and a prolonged course of antibiotics and praziquantel.
- Subjects :
- Animals
Cholangitis complications
Cholangitis diagnostic imaging
Cholangitis therapy
Dog Diseases diagnostic imaging
Dog Diseases therapy
Dogs
Liver Abscess diagnostic imaging
Liver Abscess etiology
Liver Abscess therapy
Male
Tomography, Emission-Computed veterinary
Trematode Infections complications
Trematode Infections diagnostic imaging
Trematode Infections therapy
Cholangitis veterinary
Dog Diseases parasitology
Drainage veterinary
Ethanol therapeutic use
Liver Abscess veterinary
Opisthorchidae
Trematode Infections veterinary
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0008-5286
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27247459