Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Puppy with bloody stool and rectal prolapse had colorectal polyps
By Bemelmans, I et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·2011·Department of Pathology, France·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Colorectal hamartomatous polyposis and ganglioneuromatosis in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-month-old female Great Dane puppy was brought to the vet for bleeding from the rectum, straining to defecate, and a rectal prolapse. The vet found thickened areas in the colon and rectum with multiple growths, leading to the decision to surgically remove a 10-centimeter section of her colon and rectum. The diagnosis revealed specific types of growths that are similar to a condition seen in humans called Cowden syndrome. After the surgery, the puppy was treated for her symptoms, and the outcome was positive, helping her recover from these serious issues.
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Abstract
A 5-month-old female Great Dane puppy was treated for hematochezia, tenesmus, and rectal prolapse by resection of a 10-cm-long segment of colon and rectum. Grossly, the colorectal segment had diffuse mucosal and submucosal thickening with multiple polypoid nodules. The histologic diagnosis was colorectal hamartomatous polyps with ganglioneuromatosis. Duplication of PTEN was detected by quantitative multiplex polymerase chain reaction testing. The presence of 2 hamartomatous colorectal lesions with PTEN mutation is similar to human Cowden syndrome.
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