Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse with colic for 3 days - could pancreatitis be the cause?
By Lohmann, Katharina L & Allen, Andrew L·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2015·Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (Lohmann) and Department of Veterinary Pathology (Allen), Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Chronic active interstitial pancreatitis as a cause of transverse colonic obstruction and colic in a horse.
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Plain-English summary
A mature Quarter horse experienced severe colic (abdominal pain) for three days and was ultimately euthanized. After the horse passed away, a postmortem examination revealed that the large intestine was swollen and stuck to the pancreas, which showed signs of chronic active interstitial pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). The horse also had liver scarring, stomach inflammation, and issues with the adrenal glands. Unfortunately, the horse did not recover due to the severity of these conditions.
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Abstract
A mature Quarter horse was euthanized following colic of 3 days duration. Postmortem, the large intestine, except the descending colon, was diffusely distended and associated with adhesion of the transverse colon to the pancreas, which had changes consistent with chronic active interstitial pancreatitis. Other lesions included hepatic fibrosis, erosive gastritis, and bilateral adrenal cortical hyperplasia.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26538675/