Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in a donkey. Use of laparoscopy to aid the diagnosis |
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| Authors: | J. A. Spanton T. S. Mair C. Krudewig |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic, Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent ME18 5GS, UK;2. Comparative Pathology Laboratory, School of Clinical Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford House, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK |
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| Abstract: | Pancreatic adenocarcinoma was diagnosed in a 15‐year‐old donkey that presented with signs of chronic laminitis, weight loss and chronic colic. An intra‐abdominal mass was identified by exploratory laparoscopy, and this was subsequently confirmed to be a pancreatic adenocarcinoma at post mortem examination. Unlike most previously reported cases of pancreatic disease in equids, this donkey had no clinicopathological evidence of an associated hepatopathy. |
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| Keywords: | pancreas pancreatic adenocarcinoma laparoscopy donkey |
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