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Endoscopy (fibreoptic) of the oesophagus and stomach in the dog with persistent regurgitation or vomiting
Author(s) -
SULLIVAN M.,
MILLER A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1985.tb02212.x
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , regurgitation (circulation) , vomiting , reflux , endoscopy , lesion , stomach , surgery , disease
A flexible gastrointestinal panendoscope was used to examine 90 dogs; 29 for oesophageal and 61 for gastric investigation. Twenty‐two of the oesophageal cases had changes associated with foreign body obstruction. The commonest feature was simple mucosal damage. Small numbers of strictures (5), diverticula (1) and perforations (4) were identified. The remainder of the cases were vascular rings (5) and leiomyomata (1). The 61 gastroscopies could be subdivided into the following groups: 1, no abnormalities (14); 2, chronic gastritis (16); 3, neoplasia (26); 4, others (5). Further, gastric carcinoma accounted for 36 per cent of all gastroscopic examinations. Oesophageal abnormalities were found in 13 per cent of those cases investigated for, and found to have, gastric lesions, where reflux oesophagitis (5) was the commonest lesion.