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Type Ia (spherical) communicating colonic duplication in a dog treated with colectomy
Author(s) -
Fernandez N.,
Morrison L.,
Liuti T.,
Frame M.,
Yool D.
Publication year - 2017
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/jsap.12634
Subject(s) - medicine , colectomy , gene duplication , asymptomatic , histopathology , lesion , lumen (anatomy) , labrador retriever , radiology , colorectal cancer , surgery , pathology , cancer , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
A six‐month‐old Labrador retriever presented for investigation of a colonic mass identified as an incidental finding during exploratory coeliotomy. Computed tomography identified a lesion in the colon which occupied part of its lumen and shared blood supply with the remainder of the colon. The lesion was suspected to be a colonic duplication and it was excised by segmental colectomy during exploratory coeliotomy. Histopathology from the excised colon confirmed the diagnosis of a colonic duplication. The dog recovered uneventfully and had no complications. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of an asymptomatic, spherical, communicating colonic duplication and the first report to describe segmental colectomy for the management of this condition in veterinary patients.