Caecal impaction and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a dog

J Vet Med A Physiol Pathol Clin Med. 2005 Feb;52(1):43-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2004.00681.x.

Abstract

A 10-year-old female neutered cross-breed dog presented with a 4-month history of chronic intermittent diarrhoea and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound showed dilated loops of small intestine and a suspected faecolith. Exploratory surgery revealed a caecal impaction and a typhlectomy was performed. Histopathological examination of caecal and full thickness small intestine sections demonstrated atrophy of smooth muscle fibres as well as an influx of plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages, and mild lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic enteritis. This combination of caecal impaction and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction has not been reported previously in the dog.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cecum / pathology
  • Dog Diseases / diagnosis
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Fecal Impaction / complications
  • Fecal Impaction / diagnosis
  • Fecal Impaction / pathology
  • Fecal Impaction / veterinary*
  • Female
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / complications
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / pathology
  • Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / veterinary*