Aberrant dirofilariasis in a cat

Fukushima, K.; Hutsell, D.; Patton, S.; Patton, C.S.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 184(2): 199-201

1984


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488
PMID: 6698854
Document Number: 240904
Neurological disturbance in a cat was found at necropsy to have been caused by invasion of the brain by Dirofilaria immitis. One gravid adult female was found in the 4th ventricle and another in the cerebellar vermis. One mature male was in the pulmonary vein draining the right caudal lobe of the lungs. The neurological lesions are described.

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