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...

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  1. 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. or if their predisposition to animals is engrained in their name

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

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

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

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

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  6. "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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  7. Damn! Those were some huge worms!

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