Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with duodenal diverticulum and ectopic pancreatic tissue
By Polf, Holly & Poteet, Brian·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2010·Texas Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Imaging diagnosis--duodenal diverticulum in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A young female Boxer was brought in for chronic soft stools that wouldn't improve. Initial X-rays didn’t show any issues, but an ultrasound and a special barium test revealed a duodenal diverticulum, which is a pouch in the intestine. Before surgery, a scan checked for abnormal tissue, and while it showed some unusual activity, the surgery to remove the diverticulum found ectopic pancreatic tissue instead of the expected gastric tissue. The inflammation in the diverticulum was likely causing her symptoms, and after the surgery, she was expected to feel better.
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Abstract
A young female Boxer had a history of chronic soft stool. Survey abdominal radiographs were unremarkable. A duodenal diverticulum was identified in abdominal ultrasound and barium upper-gastrointestinal contrast examinations. Before surgery a 99mTc-pertechnetate study was performed to evaluate for ectopic gastric mucosa in the duodenal diverticulum. Focal abnormal increased radioactivity was identified in the right caudal abdominal quadrant. The diverticulum was excised. Upon histopathologic examination of the duodenal diverticulum, ectopic gastric mucosa was not identified but ectopic pancreatic tissue was found. Mild eosinophilic inflammation within the diverticulum was suspected to be the cause of the mild 99mTc uptake seen in this dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20166396/