Multifocal eosinophilic enteritis associated with a small intestinal obstruction in a standardbred horse

Vet Rec. 2003 May 24;152(21):648-51. doi: 10.1136/vr.152.21.648.

Abstract

A seven-year-old standardbred gelding developed marked signs of colic associated with an acute small intestinal obstruction. Surgical exploration revealed three intramural, circumferential constricting lesions in the small intestine, the two most severe of which were in the jejunum and were resected. The horse was euthanased owing to postoperative complications. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of idiopathic multifocal eosinophilic enteritis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Colic / etiology
  • Colic / veterinary
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enteritis / complications
  • Enteritis / diagnosis
  • Enteritis / veterinary*
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia / veterinary*
  • Horse Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Horse Diseases / pathology
  • Horse Diseases / surgery
  • Horses
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / veterinary
  • Jejunal Diseases / complications
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Jejunal Diseases / veterinary*
  • Male