title: Ultrasonographic findings in 2 cows with duodenal obstruction.
abstract: Two cases where clinical findings suggestive of proximal ileus resulting in hypokalemic and hypochloremic alkalosis are presented. Ultrasonographs showed distension of the sigmoid flexure along the ventral border of the liver and between the serosal lamellae of the greater omentum in the flank, allowing exact preoperative obstruction localization.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Ruminants, University of Munich, Sonnenstrasse 16, D-85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany. beatrice.lejeune@knp.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lejeune
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lorenz
mesh_terms: D000471:Alkalosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography