Traumatic gastropericarditis in a horse.
An ingested metallic foreign body migrated from the stomach and induced restrictive pericarditis in a horse. Necropsy revealed chronic abdominal and acute thoracic lesions. Although rare, ingested foreign body migration should be considered in the differential diagnosis of body cavity disease in horses.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*