Gendron, Karine; Göpfert, Christine; Linon, Elisa; Posthaus, Horst; Frey, Caroline (2015). Pulmonary Echinococcus multilocularis metastasis in a dog. Canadian veterinary journal - Revue vétérinaire canadienne, 56(3), pp. 267-271. Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
Full text not available from this repository.A young adult Labrador retriever dog was presented for surgical debulking of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis. Computed tomography detected hepatomegaly with multiple large cavitary masses with extension of tissue from a lesion wall into the caudal vena cava and numerous nodules in all lung lobes. Following euthanasia, histology confirmed parasitic vesicles with granulomatous reaction in all lesions, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) established the causative agent to be Echinococcus multilocularis. This report is the first to present imaging features of pulmonary E. multilocularis granulomata in a dog.