title: Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum in a dog.
abstract: A 13-year-old, neutered male standard poodle with tachypnea and abdominal distension was diagnosed with pneumoperitoneum. Pneumoperitoneum can be due to a perforated gastrointestinal tract, penetrating abdominal wounds, gas-producing bacterial peritonitis, or it can be iatrogenically introduced during surgery. Idiopathic pneumoperitoneum is a condition diagnosed in humans after exclusion of perforated gastrointestinal tract and other known causes of free intra-abdominal gas. This report suggests that dogs may suffer from a similar syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Fort Collins 80523, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mehl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Norrdin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geddes
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Withrow
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004285:Dogs; D006614:Hindlimb; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011859:Radiography