title: Right cranial lung lobe torsion after a diaphragmatic rupture repair in a Jack Russell terrier.
abstract: A seven-year-old male Jack Russell terrier was presented with a history of coughing, generalised weakness and lethargy 10 days after an abdominal coeliotomy to repair a large diaphragmatic rupture. Thoracic radiographs demonstrated a soft tissue mass in the midcaudal right thoracic cavity. Ultrasonographic studies, bronchoscopy and subsequent exploratory thoracotomy confirmed a diagnosis of a right cranial lung lobe torsion (LLT), with an anomalous caudodorsal displacement of the affected lobe. LLT should be considered as a differential diagnosis for respiratory tract disease following diaphragmatic rupture repair.
authors.affiliation: University Veterinary Hospital, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. eloisa.terzo@ucd.ie.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terzo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pink
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puggioni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shiel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: McAllister