Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 1-year-old female spayed Golden Retriever presented with a 2-day history of vomiting and a chronic 4-month history of intermittent diarrhoea. Blood work revealed hepatocellular hepatopathy with mildly elevated baseline cortisol. Abdominal radiographs revealed mineral opacities in the right caudal abdomen, suspicious for foreign material, but with no evidence of small intestinal obstruction. Owners elected to pursue exploratory laparotomy. A firm, tan, irregular structure was observed in the right caudal abdomen with a small adhesion to an adjacent loop of jejunum. The structure placed caudal tension on a loop of jejunum, causing a hair-pin turn prior to the beginning of the ileum. The structure was removed en bloc and identified as a focal canine intestinal diverticulum with osseous metaplasia via histopathology.
Source: Veterinary Medicine and Science
DOI: 10.1002/vms3.70426
Authors: Emily Eppler, Alyssa Motz
Language: English
Subfield: Small Animals
Field: Veterinary
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,880
OpenAlex ID: W4410900374