29 September 2010

Giant kidney worm (dioctophyme renale) in a dog


A case from 2006, nicely filmed and documented, and well worth watching for those who don't mind viewing internal anatomy and some enormous parasites.  The last one minute of the film is enormously gratifying after watching the previous part...

9 comments:

  1. elsuzequeSeptember 29, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    How funny that both the doctors in this case have animal names: Dr. Bos (Cow) and Peregrine (Falcon).

    I wonder if that influenced them to become vets...?

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    1. chrisMarch 3, 2013 at 10:44 PM

      or if their predisposition to animals is engrained in their name

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  2. AmySeptember 29, 2010 at 9:47 PM

    That was incredible. A round of applause to modern medicine!

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  3. Stan B.September 30, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    Yeah, Rosie!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:36 AM

    great video, anyone know what kind of dog that is?

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2010 at 1:39 PM

    I want to say fascinating but all i can think it "hurl".

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  6. UnknownNovember 16, 2010 at 1:47 AM

    "Pockets of infection?" I'd like to know a little more about the etiology of this infection.

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  7. MinnesotastanNovember 17, 2010 at 7:30 AM

    "I'd like to know a little more about the etiology..."

    Ummm, you're sitting in front of a computer connected to the internet. I just typed "dioctophyme renale" into Google and got 10K hits. Have a go...

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  8. PhilJanuary 6, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Damn! Those were some huge worms!

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