التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Successful treatment of a horse with presumed parasitic encephalitis. |
| المؤلفون: |
Wilford, S., Weller, R., Dunkel, B. |
| المصدر: |
Equine Veterinary Education; Dec2013, Vol. 25 Issue 12, p601-604, 5p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PARASITIC diseases, TREATMENT of horse diseases, CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination, NEUROLOGIC manifestations of general diseases, PARASITE physiology, MEDICAL imaging systems |
| مستخلص: |
Verminous myeloencephalitis is a rare, but predominately fatal, cause of neurological disease in horses. A 6-year-old mare was admitted to the Royal Veterinary College Equine Referral Hospital following acute onset of depression, central unilateral blindness and compromised vision in the opposite eye. Based on pronounced eosinophilic inflammation detected in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and diagnostic imaging findings indicating a space-occupying lesion within the brain, a presumptive diagnosis of aberrant parasitic migration causing parasitic encephalitis was made. Treatment consisted of anti-inflammatories and high doses of an anthelmintic. The horse's condition improved, the neurological deficits and observed space-occupying lesion within the brain resolved completely and the mare returned to full work. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report describing complete recovery from suspected aberrant parasite migration in the CNS and will hopefully encourage treatment of suspected cases in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
