Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with abdominal fat inflammation treated with steroids
By Komori, Shinobu et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2002·Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Idiopathic mesenteric and omental steatitis in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old Miniature Dachshund was brought to the vet with a fever, frequent vomiting, and watery diarrhea. The vet found an abdominal mass and a gastric ulcer during surgery, and diagnosed the dog with a condition called steatitis, which is inflammation of the fat in the abdomen. The dog was treated with medications called prednisolone and cyclosporine for 2.5 years, and after 1.5 years, the mass was no longer detectable. Unfortunately, the dog later died suddenly due to a perforated intestine caused by a foreign object, but the exact cause of the initial steatitis was unclear.
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Abstract
A 2-year-old Miniature Dachshund was admitted to the hospital because of fever, frequent vomiting, and watery diarrhea. An intra-abdominal mass and a gastric ulcer were detected. At laparotomy, the omentum was yellow but not icteric, irregularly thickened, and fragile, and a large mass involving the root of the mesentery and the gastrosplenic ligament was found. The histopathologic diagnosis was steatitis, and the dog was treated with prednisolone and cyclosporine for 2.5 years. After 1.5 years, the abdominal mass was not detectable. The dog died suddenly from perforation of the small intestine caused by a foreign body. Necropsy revealed severe adhesions between portions of the small intestine, and cicatrization of the mesentery. Cause of the mesenteric and omental steatitis was not apparent.
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