Gall bladder torsion and rupture in a dog.
A 6-year-old desexed female German Shepherd dog was referred to the Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital for assessment and management of acute onset vomiting, diarrhoea, polydipsia and lethargy of 2 days duration. Surgical, microbiological and histological findings were consistent with necrotising cholecystitis secondary to gall bladder torsion, resulting in gall bladder rupture and secondary non-septic bile peritonitis. A chronic peritoneopleural perforation resulting from an abdominal cavity foreign body and congenital peritoneopericardial hernia were also present. The dog made a full recovery following cholecystectomy, foreign body removal, repair of the peritoneopleural perforation and peritoneopericardial herniorrhaphy. This is the first recorded case of gall bladder torsion in the dog.
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School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, Murdoch University. gordon@rivergumvet.com.au
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Nicholls
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D000818:Animals; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005705:Gallbladder Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D012421:Rupture / Q000662:veterinary; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome