Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with vomiting and anorexia found to have small intestine stone
By Malberg, Jessica A & Hespel, Adrien-Maxence·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2021·Department of Surgical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Small intestinal enterolith in a dog presenting for a suspected gastric foreign body.
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Plain-English summary
A 12-year-old Labrador Retriever was brought to the vet because he suddenly stopped eating and was vomiting. After an ultrasound and X-rays, the vet thought he had a foreign object in his stomach. However, during surgery, they discovered that the issue was actually a large mineral stone in his intestines, known as an enterolith. The dog was treated successfully, and his symptoms improved after the surgery.
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Abstract
A 12-year-old Labrador Retriever presented for an acute onset of anorexia and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound and abdominal radiographs were performed, and on the latter a large mineral opaque structure with concentric rings within the cranial abdomen was diagnosed as a gastric foreign body. Laparotomy revealed that the suspected gastric foreign body was a large enterolith within the small intestines. Enteroliths should be considered as one of the differential diagnoses for a large mineralized abdominal structure in a dog presented for gastrointestinal clinical signs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31037785/