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Foreign body-associated intestinal pyogranuloma resulting in intestinal obstruction in four dogs.

TitleForeign body-associated intestinal pyogranuloma resulting in intestinal obstruction in four dogs.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsPapazoglou, L. G., Tontis D., Loukopoulos P., Patsikas M. N., Hermanns W., Kouti V., Timotheou T., Liapis I., Tziris N., & Rallis T. S.
JournalVet Rec
Volume166
Issue16
Pagination494-7
Date Published2010 Apr 17
ISSN2042-7670
KeywordsAnimals, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Fatal Outcome, Female, Granuloma, Foreign-Body, Intestinal Diseases, Intestinal Obstruction, Male, Radiography, Abdominal, Ultrasonography
Abstract

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.

DOI10.1136/vr.b4809
Alternate JournalVet. Rec.
PubMed ID20400741

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