title: Perforating foreign body in the ventriculus of an umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba).
abstract: A 4-year-old male umbrella cockatoo (Cacatua alba) with a history of ingestion of foreign material from chewing on a household appliance presented for lethargy, inappetance, and regurgitation of 2 days duration. Foreign bodies identified on radiograph included a wire 2 cm in length in the proventriculus, a wire 3 cm in length in the ventriculus, and several pieces of rubber and plastic throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Diagnosis of a perforating ventricular foreign body was made through plain and contrast radiography. The proventricular wire was removed endoscopically but endoscopic retrieval was not successful in locating the ventricular wire. A ventriculotomy was done to remove the wire, which had perforated the ventriculus cranially and imbedded into the parenchyma of the liver. The wire was extracted from the center of a large nonresectable granuloma that incorporated the left liver lobe. The bird recovered from surgery but died from complications 3 months later. Postmortem examination revealed localized coelomitis and hepatic necrosis associated with the perforation.
authors: Island Exotic Veterinary Care, 591 E Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station, NY 11746, USA.
authors: Heidi
authors: H
authors: Hoefer
authors: Diane
authors: D
authors: Levitan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D046410:Cockatoos; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography