Severe gastric impaction secondary to a gastric polyp in a horse |
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| Authors: | Mary Catherine Furness Heindrich Nicolaas Snyman Miranda Abrahams Alison Moore Andrew Vince Maureen EC Anderson |
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| Institution: | Department of Clinical Studies (Furness, Abrahams, Anderson), and Department of Pathiobiology (Snyman, Vince), Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1; Moore Equine Services, 284 Gatehouse Drive, Cambridge, Ontario N1P 1E6 (Moore). |
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| Abstract: | A 13-year-old Percheron gelding was presented for refractory gastric impaction. At necropsy a pedunculated 10 cm × 11 cm × 14 cm mass, histologically identified as an inflammatory polyp, was suspected to have been partly obstructing the pylorus. This is the first report of a polyp resulting in gastric outflow obstruction in a horse. |
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