Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog vomiting and depressed with gut tumor removed using special
By Choi, Jinyoung & Lee, Sungin·Published in Veterinary medicine and science·2024·Department of Veterinary Surgery, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Excision of a gastrointestinal stromal tumour in a dog using short-wave infrared fluorescence imaging and indocyanine green.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old male Golden Retriever was brought to the vet because he was vomiting, not eating, and seemed depressed. After various tests, the vet found a large mass in his intestine. During surgery, they used a special imaging technique with a dye to help see the tumor better and ensure they removed it completely. The surgery was successful, and the tumor was identified as a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), with no cancer cells left behind.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old castrated male Golden Retriever weighing 36.8 kg presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital with vomiting, anorexia and depression. After blood tests, radiographic, ultrasound and computed tomography examinations, a 7.85 × 5.90 × 8.75 cm mass was identified in the caecum. To visualise the tumour margin and improve the accuracy of tumour resection, intraoperative short-wave infrared imaging using indocyanine green was performed during surgery. An indocyanine green solution was injected intravenously as a bolus of 5 mg/kg 24 h before surgery. Tumour resection was performed with a 0.5 cm margin from the fluorescent-marked tissues. Histopathological examination revealed a diagnosis of a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) and the absence of neoplastic cells in the surgical margin, indicating a successful surgery. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a GIST resection in a dog using intraoperative short-wave infrared imaging.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38853600/