Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with gall bladder torsion and rupture treated by surgery
By Corfield, G S et al.·Published in Australian veterinary journal·2007·School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Gall bladder torsion and rupture in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female German Shepherd was brought to the vet after suddenly vomiting, having diarrhea, drinking a lot of water, and being very tired for two days. The vet discovered that her gall bladder had twisted and ruptured, which caused severe inflammation and bile leakage into her abdomen. Additionally, there was a foreign object in her belly and a congenital hernia. After surgery to remove the gall bladder and the foreign body, and to repair the hernia, the dog made a full recovery and is now healthy.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old desexed female German Shepherd dog was referred to the Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital for assessment and management of acute onset vomiting, diarrhoea, polydipsia and lethargy of 2 days duration. Surgical, microbiological and histological findings were consistent with necrotising cholecystitis secondary to gall bladder torsion, resulting in gall bladder rupture and secondary non-septic bile peritonitis. A chronic peritoneopleural perforation resulting from an abdominal cavity foreign body and congenital peritoneopericardial hernia were also present. The dog made a full recovery following cholecystectomy, foreign body removal, repair of the peritoneopleural perforation and peritoneopericardial herniorrhaphy. This is the first recorded case of gall bladder torsion in the dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17547635/