11-year-old intact male Boxer
August 1, 2016
2016 Image Interpretation Session - Case 8
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- Acute onset of vomiting, anorexia and abdominal pain.
- On presentation, mucous membranes were pale with an increased CRT, >10% dehydrated and tachycardic.

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- Loss of serosal detail (peritoneal effusion/peritonitis).
- Abnormal gas pattern in one small intestinal loop which remains the same on all views.
- Multiple mineral opaque foreign bodies which do not appear obstructive.
- A horizontal beam radiograph was made to determine that there was no evidence of peritoneal gas.
- The patient had an exploratory laparotomy which revealed an ischemic bowel. The distal third of the ileum was entrapped in a tear in the omentum and was found to be necrotic. Resection and anastomosis was performed.
- Histopathology revealed no evidence of neoplasia.
- The patient developed dehiscence at the anastomosis site and required secondary surgery.
- The patient survived but developed short bowel syndrome.

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