title: Type Ia (spherical) communicating colonic duplication in a dog treated with colectomy.
abstract: A six-month-old Labrador retriever presented for investigation of a colonic mass identified as an incidental finding during exploratory coeliotomy. Computed tomography identified a lesion in the colon which occupied part of its lumen and shared blood supply with the remainder of the colon. The lesion was suspected to be a colonic duplication and it was excised by segmental colectomy during exploratory coeliotomy. Histopathology from the excised colon confirmed the diagnosis of a colonic duplication. The dog recovered uneventfully and had no complications. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of an asymptomatic, spherical, communicating colonic duplication and the first report to describe segmental colectomy for the management of this condition in veterinary patients.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Small AnimalsRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, Scotland.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Small AnimalsRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, Scotland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Small AnimalsRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, Scotland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liuti
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Small AnimalsRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, Scotland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frame
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Small AnimalsRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, Scotland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yool
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003082:Colectomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D003106:Colon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary