Case of Juvenile Cat Infected with <i>Dirofilaria Immitis</i>

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  • 若齢猫にみられた犬糸状虫感染症の1例
  • ジャクレイネコ ニ ミラレタ イヌ シジョウチュウ カンセンショウ ノ 1レイ

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<p>An eight month old neutered male domestic shorthair cat, found in the summer, in Chiba Prefecture, with an estimated age of three months, was referred to our Center for tachypnea. Although eosinophilia and diffuse bronchointerstitial parenchymal patterns were observed on the radiographic findings, no worms were detected through echocardiography and the serological test was negative for both antigens and antibodies for Dirofilaria immitis. Two weeks later, the cat experienced a seizure of an unknown cause after the examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the cerebrospinal fluid findings. The cat died suddenly at 10 months old (one and half weeks later), exhibiting dyspnea, severe lymphadenopathy, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Gross- and histo-pathological examinations revealed eight adult worms of D. immitis in the right atrium and caudal vena cava, severe granulomatous inflammation in various lymph nodes and meningoencephalitis in the brain and cerebrospinal cord, indicating the migration of D. immitis. Therefore, if a juvenile cat younger than one year of age shows clinical respiratory signs with remarkable eosinophilia and bronchointerstitial patterns on radiographic findings, D. immitis infection should be a major point for diagnosis.</p>

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