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Small intestinal enterolith in a dog presenting for a suspected gastric foreign body
Author(s) -
Malberg Jessica A.,
Hespel AdrienMaxence
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/vru.12758
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , bezoar , foreign body , labrador retriever , vomiting , anorexia , abdomen , radiology , surgery
A 12‐year‐old Labrador Retriever presented for an acute onset of anorexia and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound and abdominal radiographs were performed, and on the latter a large mineral opaque structure with concentric rings within the cranial abdomen was diagnosed as a gastric foreign body. Laparotomy revealed that the suspected gastric foreign body was a large enterolith within the small intestines. Enteroliths should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses for a large mineralized abdominal structure in a dog presented for gastrointestinal clinical signs.