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Colonic vascular ectasia (angiodysplasia) in a juvenile dog
Author(s) -
Charlesworth T. M.,
Dunning M.,
Scase T. J.,
Anderson D. M.
Publication year - 2013
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.1748-5827.2012.01297.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ectasia , angiodysplasia , lesion , endoscopy , juvenile , pathology , gastroenterology , surgery , biology , genetics
An eight‐month‐old female English springer spaniel was presented with weight loss and severe haematochezia. Upper and lower endoscopy identified small intestinal inflammatory bowel disease and a vascular malformation within the descending colon. The colonic lesion was excised at coeliotomy and identified histopathologically as a colonic vascular ectasia. All clinical signs resolved following surgery and continued dietary management. To the authors’ knowledge this is only the second published report of CVE in a juvenile dog and the first to survive to long term follow up.