Tetralogy of Fallot and cranial mesenteric arteritis in a foal.
A 5 month old colt foal with recurrent pyrexia and a loud pansystolic murmur later developed signs of cardiac failure. Peritoneal fluid and blood samples both demonstrated an extreme leucocytosis and neutrophilia. At post-mortem both a cranial mesenteric arteritis and the congenital cardiac anomaly, Tetralogy of Fallot were found. The detailed clinical and post-mortem findings contributing to the case are described.
D000818:Animals; D001167:Arteritis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*