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1 March 2010 Pathogenesis of Venous Hypertrophy Associated with Schistosomiasis in Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in Japan
Masataka Akagami, Kikuyasu Nakamura, Hiroto Nishino, Satoko Seki, Hiromi Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto
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Abstract

Thirteen whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) affected with schistosomiasis were examined pathologically. Venous hypertrophy, characterized by marked nodular proliferation of medial smooth muscle fibers with frequent obliteration of the vascular lumen, was observed in eight of the 13 whooper swans. Venous hypertrophy was located in the medium-sized veins of the mesentery, the serosa, and the muscular layer of the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and cecum. In addition, vascular lesions were seen in the capsule and parenchymal interstitia of the liver, spleen, kidney, heart, aorta, air sac, and pleura. In mild lesions, segmental proliferation of medial smooth muscles was observed in the venous medium of the mesentery and serosa. Moderate lesions had a proliferation of smooth muscles in the veins with obliteration of venous lumens. In marked lesions, more severe proliferation of veins extended into the intestinal muscular layers and depressed them. Schistosome parasites were found in the venous lumens of each of the eight whooper swans with vascular lesions. Bile pigments and hemosiderin were observed in the livers of whooper swans. In addition, adult nematodes (Sarconema sp.) were localized in the myocardium of four of the eight whooper swans. The venous hypertrophy may be caused by the proliferation of medial smooth muscle fibers induced by schistosomiasis.

Masataka Akagami, Kikuyasu Nakamura, Hiroto Nishino, Satoko Seki, Hiromi Shimizu, and Yu Yamamoto "Pathogenesis of Venous Hypertrophy Associated with Schistosomiasis in Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in Japan," Avian Diseases 54(1), 146-150, (1 March 2010). https://doi.org/10.1637/9034-082209-Case.1
Received: 31 August 2009; Accepted: 1 October 2009; Published: 1 March 2010
KEYWORDS
Japan
schistosomiasis
venous hypertrophy
Whooper swan
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