Retrograde intussusception of the descending colon secondary to multiple colonic hamartomas in a neonatal foal |
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Authors: | S Mejia S D A Hurcombe DH Rodgerson L M Cassone N M Slovis |
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Institution: | 1. Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA;2. Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists, Cornell University, Elmont, New York, USA;3. University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Lexington, Kentucky, USA |
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Abstract: | A neonatal Thoroughbred filly presented with a 3-h history of abdominal pain and distention that failed to respond to medical treatment. Diagnostic evaluation, including abdominal ultrasound, barium enema and proctoscopy, was suggestive of atresia coli. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a pedunculated mass in the wall of the diaphragmatic flexure of the ascending colon. The mass, subsequently diagnosed as a hamartoma, was attached to a smaller hamartoma by a fibrous pedicle originating from the descending colon. The descending colon had intussuscepted retrograde into the ascending colon along the fibrous band. The filly was euthanised due to poor prognosis. |
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Keywords: | horse hamartoma intussusception colic foal |
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