scholarly journals Case Report: Sparganosis in Domestic Cat

2019 ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Hartina Samosir ◽  
Putu Ayu Sisyawati Putriningsih ◽  
I Nyoman Suartha
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Clinical Sign ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Zoonotic Diseases ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Interval Evaluation ◽  
Tapeworm Infection

Sparganosis is one of the food borne zoonotic diseases caused by the plerocercoid larvae (spargana) of the Spirometric genus. Sparganosis cases in five-month-old female cats in Denpasar, Bali were reported by us. Clinical sign of a Spirometric tapeworm infection in the case cat of the fecal consistency is grade 3.5. These findings are reported from animal’s owners who found worms when defecate. Eggs per gram (EPG) 16,900 it shows the intensity of spirometra infection in cat high enough. The Animal were treated with praziquantel 0.5 tablets, given twice with a seven-day interval. Evaluation of the cat after two times treatments for clinical signs of significant changes only from the fecal effusion from grade 3.5 to grade 2 was well formed, does not leave a mark when picked up.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in a cat with restrictive cardiomyopathy – a case report

2018 ◽  
Vol XXIII (132) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Regina Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Pulmonary Thromboembolism ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ◽  
Domestic Cat ◽  
Heartworm Disease ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pulmonary Arterial ◽  
Patent Ductus

Feline pulmonary arterial (PAH) is an unusual and minimally reported condition that can lead to right ventricular insufficiency and death. In cats, PAH was reported in cases in which it was secondary to heartworm disease, pulmonary thromboembolism and patent ductus arteriousus. This is a case report of an elderly domestic cat with medical history of dyspnea, fatigue and pleural effusion, which was diagnosed with restrictive cardiomyopathy and PAH upon echocardiography. The progression of restrictive cardiomyopathy can be silent due to the owners’ inability to recognize clinical signs of heart failure. In spite of the few reports in cats, it is reasonable that PAH be part of differential diagnosis on patients presenting signs of cardiopulmonary decompensation.

Surgical management of choke through oesophagotomy in a buffalo: A case report

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Devasee Borakhatariya ◽  
A. B. Gadara
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Thoracic Inlet ◽  
Cervical Oesophagus ◽  
Foreign Objects ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oesophageal Obstruction ◽  
Large Animals

Oesophageal disorders are relatively uncommon in large animals. Oesophageal obstruction is the most frequently encountered clinical presentation in bovine and it may be intraluminal or extra luminal (Haven, 1990). Intraluminal obstruction or “choke” is the most common abnormality that usually occurs when foreign objects, large feedstuff, medicated boluses, trichobezoars, or oesophageal granuloma lodge in the lumen of the oesophagus. Oesophageal obstructions in bovine commonly occur at the pharynx, the cranial aspect of the cervical oesophagus, the thoracic inlet, or the base of the heart (Choudhary et al., 2010). Diagnosis of such problem depends on the history of eating particular foodstuff and clinical signs as bloat, tenesmus, retching, and salivation

scholarly journals Brain Abscess Caused by Nocardia: Case Report and Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Finger ◽  
Maria Eduarda Conte Gripa ◽  
Tiago Paczko Bozko Cecchini ◽  
Tobias Ludwig do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Antibiotic Therapy ◽  
Brain Abscess ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Occipital Lobe ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Rare Clinical Entity ◽  
Brain Abscesses

AbstractNocardia brain abscess is a rare clinical entity, accounting for 2% of all brain abscesses, associated with high morbidity and a mortality rate 3 times higher than brain abscesses caused by other bacteria. Proper investigation and treatment, characterized by a long-term antibiotic therapy, play an important role on the outcome of the patient. The authors describe a case of a patient without neurological comorbidities who developed clinical signs of right occipital lobe impairment and seizures, whose investigation demonstrated brain abscess caused by Nocardia spp. The patient was treated surgically followed by antibiotic therapy with a great outcome after 1 year of follow-up.

scholarly journals Uptake of exogenous estrogen as a differential diagnosis of ovarian-remnant-syndrome in a bitch: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Ganz ◽  
Axel Wehrend
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Menopausal Symptoms ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Estrogen Exposure ◽  
Exogenous Estrogen ◽  
Endocrine Parameters

Abstract Background Clinical signs of heat in bitches that have been previously spayed are often associated with the presence of ovarian remnant syndrome. The inclusion of exogenous estrogens as a differential diagnosis in this regard is often ignored and may lead to misinterpretation of the case. Case presentation Herein, we report a case of exogenous estrogen exposure over several months to a 6.5-year-old spayed crossbred bitch, weighing 8.4 kg. The bitch presented in the clinic because of suspected ovarian remnant syndrome. Castration was performed within the first 6 months after birth. Important endocrine parameters measured at the first appointment were Anti-Müllerian hormone (< 0.01 ng/mL), progesterone (0.36 ng/mL), estradiol-17ß (20.7 pg/mL), and luteinizing hormone (< 0.1 ng/mL). After an extensive conversation with the owner, it was revealed that she was using an estrogen spray because of severe menopausal symptoms. After the owner stopped using this spray, the symptoms of the bitch disappeared. Conclusion Therefore, the uptake of estrogens should be a differential diagnosis for symptoms of the ovarian remnant syndrome. A detailed anamnesis is crucial to identify the source of estrogen in the environment of the affected bitch.

scholarly journals An apple a day: an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Norway associated with self-pressed apple juice

2019 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Robertson ◽  
T. T. Temesgen ◽  
K. R. Tysnes ◽  
J. E. Eikås
Keyword(s):  
Apple Juice ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Duration Of Symptoms ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Prolonged Duration ◽  
Hygienic Measures ◽  
Contamination Event ◽  
Salad Vegetables ◽  
Timely Reminder

AbstractIn the autumn of 2018, an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis affected adult employees from the same company in Western Norway. The organism wasCryptosporidium parvum, GP60 subtype IIaA14G1R1. All those infected had drunk from the same container of self-pressed apple juice. Incubation period (1 week) and clinical signs were similar among those infected, although some experienced a more prolonged duration of symptoms (up to 2–3 weeks) than others. The infections resulted after consumption from only one of 40 containers of juice and not from any of the other containers. It seems that althoughCryptosporidiumoocysts were detected in a sample from another container, the contamination did not affect the whole batch. This is perhaps indicative of a restricted contamination event, either from contaminated ground in the orchard, or during collection of the fruit, or during processing. Although outbreaks of food-borne cryptosporidiosis have previously been associated with consumption of contaminated apple juice, most of the more recent outbreaks of food-borne cryptosporidiosis have been associated with salad vegetables or herbs. This outbreak, the first outside USA reported to be associated with apple juice, is a timely reminder that such juice is a suitable transmission vehicle forCryptosporidiumoocysts, and that appropriate hygienic measures are essential in the production of such juice, including artisanal (non-commercial) production.

scholarly journals Clinical nutritional surveys Relationship between observed signs

1947 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Adcock ◽  
W. H. Hammond ◽  
H. E. Magee
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Sign ◽  
Nutritional Assessment ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
General Factor ◽  
General State ◽  
Muscular Development ◽  
Nutritional Factor ◽  
Clinical Survey ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The findings of clinical nutrition surveys of 3351 children aged 8–15 years and of 3326 adults, of both sexes, were analysed statistically to ascertain the relationship existing between nutritional grade (good, fair and poor) and the incidence of a variety of clinical signs (pityriasis, folliculosis, gingivitis, etc.) observed at the time of the medical examination but not taken into account in grading the subjects according to their state of nutrition.The analysis showed negligible correlations between the clinical signs singly and collectively and the clinician's nutritional grade. Further, when we compared the incidence of each clinical sign and the nutritional state as a combination of all the clinical signs (i.e. the general nutritional factor), there was negligible agreement as shown by the low general factor saturation coefficients, thus suggesting that the presence of these signs is not a dependable expression of the general state of nutrition.A special clinical survey of 1067 children was carried out to provide data which would throw light on the relationship between the criteria (posture, muscular development, etc.) which the clinician consciously takes into account but does not as a rule record in deciding the nutritional grade, and the nutritional grade itself. The grading criteria in the survey were separately assessed and recorded and so also were the usual clinical signs (pityriasis, gingivitis, etc.).For the grading criteria there was a high degree of correlation between each one and the nutritional grade and also between each one and the combined pool of all the criteria. The clinical signs showed only negligible correlations with each other, with the nutritional grade or with any of the grading criteria.It would seem, therefore, that nutritional assessment as at present understood is determined mainly by the value placed on the grading criteria (posture, muscular development, etc.), and to a negligible extent or not at all by the presence or absence of clinical signs (pityriasis, folliculosis, gingivitis, etc.).

scholarly journals Osteopetro-Rickets: A Rare Paradoxical Association in an Infant

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-89
Author(s):  
MB Patil
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Bone Disease ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Severe Anaemia ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Positive Balance ◽  
Malignant Osteopetrosis ◽  
Infantile Malignant Osteopetrosis ◽  
Key Words Osteopetrosis

Infantile malignant osteopetrosis is a hereditary bone disease with intense positive balance of body calcium. Osteopetro-rickets is a very rare paradoxical association of infantile osteopetrosis and rickets. This is a case report of an infant with osteopetro- rickets. He presented with severe anaemia, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly and clinical signs of rickets. The clinical, biochemical and skeletal survey showed osteopetrosis and rickets. We also describe the pathophysiologic mechanism and various management options. Key words: Osteopetrosis; Osteopetro-rickets; Rickets DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v32i1.5292 J. Nepal Paediatr. Soc. Vol.32(1) 2012 88-89

Delayed-Onset Neuropathological Complications From a Foramen Magnum and Occipital Crest Focused Traumatic Brain Injury of the Vietnam War and Other Conflicts: Part I, Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M Burkle ◽  
Kevin S Hadley ◽  
Leah L Ridge ◽  
Jan K Herman ◽  
Firas H Kobeissy
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Brain Injuries ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Vitreous Hemorrhage ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Foramen Magnum ◽  
Delayed Onset ◽  
Clinical Signs And Symptoms

ABSTRACT Introduction The diagnosis of traumatic brain injuries is typically based on hemispheric blasts resulting in degrees of unconsciousness and associated cerebral injuries. This case report describes a Vietnam War era setting in which a traumatic blast wave struck the posterior cranium in the region of the foramen magnum, occipital crest, and other skull openings (orbit, oronasal, and ear) and the unique secondary clinical signs and symptoms experienced over time. Materials and Methods This case report describes secondary delayed-onset clinical signs and symptoms consistent with progressive decades-long physical and functional complications. The traumatic blast resulted in brief unconsciousness, decreased vision in left eye, confusion, right sided hemotympanum, deafness, severe tinnitus, severe nasopharynx pain and difficulty swallowing, pain in right posterior and occipital area of the head, and loss of dental amalgams. Subsequent exams revealed progressive hyperacusis, sea sickness, dysdiadochokinesis, diagnosis of 9th and 10th cranial nerve traumatic schwannomas, hyperdense changes to the frontal lobe white matter, progressive tinnitus, chronic vertigo, right-sided high-frequency hearing loss, progressive oculo-gyric crisis of Tumarkin-like seizures, left-sided chronic vitreous hemorrhage, and diminished right hemisphere performance of the brain based on neurophysiological assessment. No post-traumatic stress, depression, or other emotional or psychiatric difficulties were claimed. Conclusion This case report, unique to the English language scientific literature, discusses in detail the secondary signs and symptoms of a foramen magnum and occipital crest focused-associated blast injury.

STUDY OF CLINICAL CASES OF MYOCHE’S MYOPATHY AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS WITH OTHER TYPES OF ADVERSE MYOPATHIES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sarazhyna ◽  
Y. Solodovnikova ◽  
A. Son
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Molecular Genetic ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Molecular Genetic Testing ◽  
Membrane Repair ◽  
Rare Type ◽  
A Cell

Markesbery-Griggs myopathy, Miyoshi type (MM) is a rare type of myopathy, a form muscular dystrophy with the main involvement of the lower girdle and distal parts of the legs. Due to complexity of genetic testing, the diagnosis is mainly made on the neurological examination of the patient, which adds value to this case report. The childhood or adolescence onset of the disease is characterized initially by the calf muscles` wasting, accompanied by the severe elevation of the serum creatine kinase, as well as a slowly progressive ascending course. The disease refers to dysferlinopathies with various mutations in the DYSF gene. The dysferlin protein is localized in the plasma membrane and in the T-tubule system of skeletal muscles. Physiologically, skeletal muscles are constantly exposed to micromembrane lesions. Depending on the severity, these damages are restored using various complexes. One of the main reparative complexes is the dysferlin-dependent mechanism. Mutations can lead to a defect in the membrane repair, causing the influx of Ca 2+ into the cell, which leads to a cell`s destruction. There are three genetically identifiable types of Miyoshi myopathy: MMD1, MMD2, MMD3. The main clinical signs of the disease are the muscle weakness and atrophy, with predominant involvement of the distal parts of the lower limbs, especially in the gastrocnemius and plantar muscles. The MM causes tip toe walking disturbances and difficulties in climbing the stairs. Progression of the disease and further atrophy leads to the wasting of the lower girdle muscles, mainly gluteal ones. Peculiarity of these myopathies is the absence of cardiomyopathy, due to the immunity of cardiomyocytes to a deficiency of the protein dysferelin. Diagnosis is made on the basis of muscle biopsy and molecular genetic testing. The gold standard is immunoblotting or immunohistochemistry. One of treatment methods is the use of improperly folded dysferlin (treatment with a proteasome inhibitor MG-132) in fibroblasts with restoration of membrane sealing. The aim of this case report is to present an example of a possible clinical diagnosis of MM in a young man, in the absence of opportunities for molecular genetic testing.

scholarly journals Anterior cruciate ligament ganglion: case report

2002 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 195-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Pedrinelli ◽  
Fábio Bonini Castellana ◽  
Ricardo Bragança de Vasconcellos Fontes ◽  
Rafael Ferreira Coelho ◽  
Luiz Álvaro de Menezes F°.
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Anterior Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Cruciate Ligament ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Left Knee ◽  
Pathological Examination ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Anterior Cruciate

CONTEXT: A ganglion is a cystic formation close to joints or tendinous sheaths, frequently found in the wrist, foot or knee. Intra-articular ganglia of the knee are rare, and most of them are located in the anterior cruciate ligament. The clinical picture for these ganglia comprises pain and movement restrictions in the knee, causing significant impairment to the patient. Symptoms are non-specific, and anterior cruciate ligament ganglia are usually diagnosed through magnetic resonance imaging or arthroscopy. Not all ganglia diagnosed through magnetic resonance imaging need to undergo surgical treatment: only those that cause clinical signs and symptoms do. Surgical results are considered good or excellent in the vast majority of cases. CASE REPORT: A 29-year-old male presented with pain in the left knee during a marathon race. Physical examination revealed limitation in the maximum range of knee extension and pain in the posterior aspect of the left knee. Radiographs of the left knee were normal, but magnetic resonance imaging revealed a multi-lobed cystic structure adjacent to the anterior cruciate ligament, which resembled a ganglion cyst. The mass was removed through arthroscopy, and pathological examination revealed a synovial cyst. Patient recovery was excellent, and he resumed his usual training routine five months later.

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