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Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most important parasitic nematode affecting cat airways worldwide. The adult nematodes live in the lungs and cause pneumonia with typical respiratory clinical signs such as cough, nasal and ocular discharge, and difficulties in breathing. The localiz...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020128 |
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author | Tinoco, Fernanda Viola Morelli, Simone de Farias Brito, Marilene Oliveira Pereira, Gabriela Correia Oliveira, Mariana Diakou, Anastasia Colombo, Mariasole Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio Traversa, Donato |
author_facet | Tinoco, Fernanda Viola Morelli, Simone de Farias Brito, Marilene Oliveira Pereira, Gabriela Correia Oliveira, Mariana Diakou, Anastasia Colombo, Mariasole Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio Traversa, Donato |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most important parasitic nematode affecting cat airways worldwide. The adult nematodes live in the lungs and cause pneumonia with typical respiratory clinical signs such as cough, nasal and ocular discharge, and difficulties in breathing. The localization of adult A. abstrusus in other organs than lungs is not common. This report describes, for the first time, an unusual and fatal localization of A. abstrusus within the central nervous system of a kitten displaying neurological signs. ABSTRACT: The lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is one of the main causes of respiratory diseases in cats worldwide. This report describes the unusual case of a kitten infected with A. abstrusus and presented to a veterinary clinic in Brazil with lethargy, dysphagia, non-ambulatory tetraplegia, and pelvic limbs bilateral myoclonus. The clinical picture of the kitten worsened with generalized flaccid tetraplegia and death a few days after hospitalization. At necropsy, hemorrhagic necrosis and subarachnoid hemorrhages were detected in several areas of the central nervous system. Nematode stages were found at post-mortem histological examinations in lungs, cerebellum, subarachnoid space of the brain and spinal cord. Microscopic and molecular (PCRs-coupled-sequencing protocols) examination showed the presence of A. abstrusus in histological samples. This study describes the first neurological aelurostrongylosis due to ectopic localization of adult worms in the central nervous system of a cat, causing acute hemorrhagic multifocal meningoencephalomyelitis. Further studies are necessary to elucidate whether unusual localizations and the migration of A. abstrusus are more frequent than expected. |
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spelling | pubmed-87725582022-01-21 Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report Tinoco, Fernanda Viola Morelli, Simone de Farias Brito, Marilene Oliveira Pereira, Gabriela Correia Oliveira, Mariana Diakou, Anastasia Colombo, Mariasole Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio Traversa, Donato Animals (Basel) Case Report SIMPLE SUMMARY: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the most important parasitic nematode affecting cat airways worldwide. The adult nematodes live in the lungs and cause pneumonia with typical respiratory clinical signs such as cough, nasal and ocular discharge, and difficulties in breathing. The localization of adult A. abstrusus in other organs than lungs is not common. This report describes, for the first time, an unusual and fatal localization of A. abstrusus within the central nervous system of a kitten displaying neurological signs. ABSTRACT: The lungworm Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is one of the main causes of respiratory diseases in cats worldwide. This report describes the unusual case of a kitten infected with A. abstrusus and presented to a veterinary clinic in Brazil with lethargy, dysphagia, non-ambulatory tetraplegia, and pelvic limbs bilateral myoclonus. The clinical picture of the kitten worsened with generalized flaccid tetraplegia and death a few days after hospitalization. At necropsy, hemorrhagic necrosis and subarachnoid hemorrhages were detected in several areas of the central nervous system. Nematode stages were found at post-mortem histological examinations in lungs, cerebellum, subarachnoid space of the brain and spinal cord. Microscopic and molecular (PCRs-coupled-sequencing protocols) examination showed the presence of A. abstrusus in histological samples. This study describes the first neurological aelurostrongylosis due to ectopic localization of adult worms in the central nervous system of a cat, causing acute hemorrhagic multifocal meningoencephalomyelitis. Further studies are necessary to elucidate whether unusual localizations and the migration of A. abstrusus are more frequent than expected. MDPI 2022-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8772558/ /pubmed/35049752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020128 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tinoco, Fernanda Viola Morelli, Simone de Farias Brito, Marilene Oliveira Pereira, Gabriela Correia Oliveira, Mariana Diakou, Anastasia Colombo, Mariasole Frangipane di Regalbono, Antonio Traversa, Donato Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title | Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title_full | Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title_fullStr | Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title_short | Hemorrhagic Meningoencephalomyelitis Due to Ectopic Localization of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a Cat: First Case Report |
title_sort | hemorrhagic meningoencephalomyelitis due to ectopic localization of aelurostrongylus abstrusus in a cat: first case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049752 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani12020128 |
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