Liver torsion and associated bacterial peritonitis in a dog.
A Malamute was examined for acute abdominal pain and collapse. Radiographs of the abdomen showed a pneumoabdomen, and a lucent mass in the region of the liver. Abdominocentesis yielded an inflammatory exudate with bacteria compatible with a Bacillus or a Clostridium sp. A quadrate lobe torsion was found at postmortem.
McConkey
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.
Briggs
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C
Solano
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M
Illanes
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O
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004285:Dogs; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000662:veterinary