Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
CT scan finds wooden object piercing chest and abdomen in dog
By Appleby, Ryan et al.Ā·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienneĀ·2015Ā·Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Centre, CanadaĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Computed tomography diagnosis of a thoracic and abdominal penetrating foreign body in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 1.5-year-old spayed female mixed-breed dog was brought to the vet because she had a swollen belly and was bleeding internally. After some tests, the vet discovered that a piece of wood had gotten stuck inside her abdomen, causing the bleeding. The vet used a special imaging technique called computed tomography to find the foreign object. Once the wood was removed, the dog was treated for the bleeding and started to recover well.
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Abstract
A 1.5-year-old, spayed female, mixed-breed dog was presented for hemoabdomen associated with an abdominal mass. Upon presentation bicavitary effusion was diagnosed. A penetrating intra-abdominal wooden foreign body was identified using computed tomography. This case describes a thoracic penetrating wooden foreign body causing bicavitary effusion following migration into the retroperitoneal space.
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