Congenital peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia in an alpaca.
An adult alpaca was presented because of abdominal pain and was diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction. The putative diagnosis at surgery was an intestinal obstruction caused by peritonitis and intra-abdominal adhesions. The cause of the inflammation was not determined at that time. The alpaca died soon after surgery from post-surgical complications and a peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia that was not diagnosed until necropsy.
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 27606, USA. derek_foster@ncsu.edu
D M
DM
Foster
S K
SK
Chinnadurai
J N
JN
Nutt
A
A
Pandiri
K E
KE
Linder
M L
ML
Alley
G W
GW
Smith
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D002161:Camelids, New World; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary