Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with stomach wall abscesses causing vomiting and loss of appetite
By Otero Balda, I et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2024·School of Veterinary Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Intramural gastric abscesses in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female neutered Labrador retriever was brought in because she had been vomiting and not eating for a while. An ultrasound and CT scan showed two large abscesses in her stomach wall. The vet performed surgery to remove the infected tissue and found a foreign body causing the problem. After the surgery, the dog recovered well and showed no signs of vomiting or appetite loss for over 22 months.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old, female neutered Labrador retriever was presented with a chronic history of vomiting and anorexia. Abdominal ultrasound identified two large cavitated structures with echogenic content in the gastric fundus and pyloric region. CT revealed the intraparietal nature of these structures, one in the greater curvature and another one extending from the lesser curvature to the pyloric antrum. Surgical exploration revealed two areas of thickened gastric wall with intramural purulent material. Debridement and partial resection of the abscess (deroofing) were performed via a routine gastrotomy approach. Histopathology of a gastric wall sample revealed neutrophilic inflammation with intralesional vegetal foreign body. The presence of intralesional foreign body with a positive bacterial culture and macroscopic absence of peritonitis may suggest an intramural migrating vegetal foreign body. Gastric wall abscess should be included in a differential diagnosis in dogs with a history of chronic vomiting and the presence of gastric wall cavitated structures. Surgical debridement through a routine gastrotomy opening alleviated the clinical signs related to the intramural gastric abscesses in this dog with no recurrence at 22 months.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38441150/