O Dioctophyma renale, também conhecido como verme gigante do rim, é um nematóide de distribuição mundial e que apesar poder ser encontrado em outros órgãos livre na cavidade abdominal, se destaca por o único capaz colonizar especificamente sendo mais prevalente no rim direito. Foi descrito parasitando mustelídeos, carnívoros domésticos selvagens e, raramente, homem. As infecções causadas D. ren...

BACKGROUND Carnivore carcasses on the roads can be regarded as study materials in parasitology and eco-epidemiology. Stray carnivores such as dogs and cats are known to harbor so many different pathogens like zoonotic helminthes. The current investigation, apparent the status of the helminthic parasites found in road killed carnivores from different parts of Guilan Province north of Iran. MET...

dioctophyma renale infection is found in a wide range of mammalian species, typically in temperate areas of the world. here, we report for the first time, the parasitism of a domestic dog by d. renale in hamedan, iran, a mountainous cold region, lacking significant amounts of rainfall, high humidity and temperature. a 2.5 yr old male mixed breed dog was presented with a two months history of pr...

BACKGROUND Infectious diseases, including infections with helminths, can initially present similarly to malignancies. The goal of the article is to review reports of helminthic infections that are initially diagnosed as malignancy. METHODOLOGY The database PubMed was searched for English language references published as of July 2009. RESULTS The following published case reports and case ser...