Colonic vascular ectasia (angiodysplasia) in a juvenile dog.
An eight-month-old female English springer spaniel was presented with weight loss and severe haematochezia. Upper and lower endoscopy identified small intestinal inflammatory bowel disease and a vascular malformation within the descending colon. The colonic lesion was excised at coeliotomy and identified histopathologically as a colonic vascular ectasia. All clinical signs resolved following surgery and continued dietary management. To the authors' knowledge this is only the second published report of CVE in a juvenile dog and the first to survive to long term follow up.
Eastcott Referrals, Eastcott Veterinary Hospital Swindon.
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Charlesworth
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Anderson
D016888:Angiodysplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss