title: Pneumoperitoneum and gastric perforation in a minimally clinically affected dog.
abstract: A 13-year-old female sheepdog had a reduced appetite, depression, vomiting and moderate tympanic abdominal distension. A severe pneumoperitoneum was detected radiographically. The cause of the pneumoperitoneum was a small perforation in the gastric cardia secondary to necrosis. This report describes severe pneumoperitoneum due to gastric perforation in a minimally clinically affected patient.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Section, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lonsdale
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography