Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with bile in chest and abdomen after gunshot wound
By Murgia, Daniela·Published in Journal of feline medicine and surgery·2013·Centre for Small Animal Science, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: A case of combined bilothorax and bile peritonitis secondary to gunshot wounds in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
A cat was brought in with serious injuries after being shot, which caused bile to leak into the chest and abdomen. The veterinarian performed surgery to remove the gallbladder and placed a tube in the chest to help drain the bile. After the surgery, the cat recovered well without any complications. This case is unusual, as such injuries from gunshot wounds are rarely seen in cats.
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Abstract
This report describes a case of bile peritonitis and bilothorax associated with diaphragmatic laceration secondary to gunshot wounds in a cat. Surgical treatment comprising cholecystectomy, placement of a chest tube for thoracic lavage and tube feeding led to an uneventful recovery. Bilothorax and bile peritonitis are a rare presentation in cats. There are only four cases reported in the literature and combined bilothorax and bile peritonitis secondary to gunshot lesion has not been documented before. This report describes positioning of the chest tube for pleural lavage through the diaphragmatic defect created by a pellet's trajectory. The tube was then allowed to exit the laparotomy incision instead of exiting the thoracic wall.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23220868/