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Mare with colic due to a colon tumor - what happened?
By Pascoe, P J·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·1982·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Colic in a mare caused by a colonic neurofibroma.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 16-year-old Thoroughbred mare was brought to the vet with a sudden episode of colic, which is severe abdominal pain. The veterinarians performed surgery and found a neurofibroma, a type of tumor, in her small colon. They successfully removed the tumor, which resolved her colic symptoms. After the surgery, the mare was expected to recover well.
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Abstract
A 16 year old Thoroughbred mare was presented to the Ontario Veterinary College because of an acute episode of colic. An exploratory laparotomy was performed and a neurofibroma was identified and successfully removed from the small colon. The clinical and pathological features of this case are discussed.
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