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Foreign body‐associated intestinal pyogranuloma resulting in intestinal obstruction in four dogs
Author(s) -
Papazoglou L. G.,
Tontis D.,
Loukopoulos P.,
Patsikas M. N.,
Hermanns W.,
Kouti V.,
Timotheou T.,
Liapis I.,
Tziris N.,
Rallis T. S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.b4809
Subject(s) - medicine , enterotomy , foreign body , exploratory laparotomy , vomiting , peritonitis , abdomen , anastomosis , surgery , abdominal ultrasonography , physical examination , laparotomy , ultrasonography
Intestinal obstruction resulting from an intramural foreign body‐associated pyogranuloma was diagnosed in four dogs. Vomiting and weight loss were the main clinical signs. On physical examination, a mass in the abdomen was detected in three dogs. Abdominal radiography demonstrated the presence of soft tissue opacity in three of the dogs and gas‐filled dilated intestinal loops in all four dogs. Abdominal ultrasonography showed hyperkinetic fluid‐filled dilated intestinal loops and a hypoechoic small intestinal mass in all the dogs. Exploratory coeliotomy confirmed the presence of a jejunal mass, which was removed by resection and anastomosis in all the dogs. In one of the dogs a linear foreign body was also found cranial to the mass and was removed through a separate enterotomy incision. The lesions were diagnosed as foreign body‐associated intestinal pyogranulomas on histological examination. Three dogs recovered without complications, but the fourth showed signs of septic peritonitis four days after surgery and was euthanased at the owner’s request. The other three dogs remained disease‐free 12 to 42 months after surgery.