Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with temporary ileocolic intussusception and ulcerative colitis
By M. García-Sancho et al.·2018·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Transient ileocolic intussusception in a dog with histiocytic ulcerative tiflocolitis: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old male dog with histiocytic ulcerative colitis was brought in for vomiting and abdominal pain. The veterinarian discovered that the dog had a condition called ileocolic intussusception, where part of the intestine telescopes into itself, likely caused by the inflammation from the colitis. The dog underwent surgery to correct the intussusception and was treated for the underlying colitis. After treatment, the dog recovered well and showed improvement in his symptoms.
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Abstract
In human medicine, the association between intussusceptions and inflammatory bowel disease is well known, even if referred to only in case reports or a small series of patients. The exact cause of intussuscep- tions, in general, is unknown; however, any lesion in the bowel wall or irritant in the lumen that alters the normal peristaltic pattern may initiate invagination. In Crohn's disease the lead point may be dysrhytmic contractions secondary to the on-going inflammatory process of a thickened, inflamed segment of bowel wall. In veterinary medicine, the information available related to the association of intussusceptions and inflammatory bowel disease is limited. The present study is the first reported case of a dog in which ileocolic intussusception and histiocytic ulcerative colitis appear to be associated. Moreover, this is also the first description of the involvement of the caecum in canine histiocytic ulcerative colitis. Herein, we document a condition previously reported in humans with inflammatory bowel disease, and we believe that this work contributes to identifying the similarities between human and canine inflammatory bowel disease.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/14a9b555fdb6894d859e90168d30c73c86355193