Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb
Abstract
Pseudopericarditis has been used to describe jugular engorgement and oedema of the brisket and ventral abdominal wall. Similar symptoms can be seen in cattle with traumatic pericarditis. Pressure caused by tumours, abscesses, Echinococcus cysts, swollen lymph nodes resulting from tuberculosis and leukosis, one-sided pleuritis and diaphragmatic hernia to the base of cranial and caudal vena cava returning blood to the heart have been reported to cause pseudopericarditis in cattle. These mediastinal lymph nodes may also be swollen due to theileriosis and cause pressure on the v. cava. This study aims to describe the clinical, haematological and electrocardiographical findings of a pseudopericarditis case in a cow caused by theileriosis, and to add the disease into the aetiology of pseudopericarditis.Opisan je pseudoperikarditis kod zastoja u jugularnoj veni te edema prsišta i ventralne abdominalne stijenke. Slični simptomi mogu se zabilježiti u goveda kod traumatskog perikarditisa. Pritisak uzrokovan tumorima, apscesima, hidatidnim cistama, povećanim limfnim čvorovima kod tuberkuloze i leukoze, jednostranim pleuritisom te dijafragmatskom hernijom prema bazi kranijalne i kaudalne šuplje vene već su opisani kod pseudoperikarditisa u goveda. Medijastinalni limfni čvorovi mogu biti povećani i kod tajlerioze te pritisnuti šuplju venu. Opisani su klinički, hematološki i elektrokardiografski nalazi kod pseudoperikarditisa u krave uzrokovanog tajleriozom čime je povećan niz uzroka koji dovode do navedene bolesti
