title: Caecal impaction and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a dog.
abstract: A 10-year-old female neutered cross-breed dog presented with a 4-month history of chronic intermittent diarrhoea and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound showed dilated loops of small intestine and a suspected faecolith. Exploratory surgery revealed a caecal impaction and a typhlectomy was performed. Histopathological examination of caecal and full thickness small intestine sections demonstrated atrophy of smooth muscle fibres as well as an influx of plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages, and mild lymphoplasmacytic and eosinophilic enteritis. This combination of caecal impaction and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction has not been reported previously in the dog.
authors.affiliation: Davies White Veterinary Specialists, Manor Farm Business Park, Higham Gobion, Hitchin, Herts, SG5 3HR, UK.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eastwood
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McInnes
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Elwood
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*