Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog vomiting blood after exercise from bleeding esophageal veins
By Myers, Marc et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary internal medicine·2018·Department of Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Presumptive non-cirrhotic bleeding esophageal varices in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old male American Staffordshire terrier was brought in because he was drooling excessively and vomiting blood after exercising. Routine tests and imaging didn’t show any issues, but an endoscopy revealed severely swollen blood vessels in his esophagus that were bleeding. A special CT scan confirmed the presence of abnormal blood vessels connected to major arteries, leading to a diagnosis of non-cirrhotic esophageal varices. Treatment details were not specified, but identifying the problem is the first step in managing his condition.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old male American Staffordshire terrier was admitted for evaluation of chronic episodes of ptyalism and hematemesis after exercise. Abnormalities were not detected on routine clinicopathological tests, thoracic radiography, and abdominal ultrasonography. Endoscopic examination revealed a labyrinthine network of severely distended, hemorrhagic esophageal blood vessels. Computed tomography angiography demonstrated a network of para-esophageal vessels that communicated with the celiac artery caudally and the brachiocephalic trunk cranially, consistent with a diagnosis of non-cirrhotic esophageal varices. This is a report of exercise, ptyalism, and hematemesis secondary to presumptive, non-cirrhotic, bleeding esophageal varices in a dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30216560/