Abstract

ORTIZ, J.F; OSORIO, A  and  TOBON, A.M. CECOCOLIC INTUSSUSCEPTION AND INVAGINATION OF THE CECUM IN A DOG: CASE REPORT. Rev. Med. Vet. Zoot. [online]. 2011, vol.58, n.2, pp.99-106. ISSN 0120-2952.

A case is presented of a mestizo Fox Terrier dog than presented diarrhea with blood and the initial treatment didn't achieved any improve; with palpation it was determinate a mass to the colon, which was confirmed after performing the routine clinical testing and radiographic studies of intestinal transit; also, megacolon is diagnosed. Exploratory laparotomy was performed at it was found cecocolic intussusepction and the cecum invagination, the surgical procedure developed was typhlectomy and of end-to-end intestinal anastomoses; after the procedure, the patient was completely recovered to the intestinal disease.

Keywords : dog diseases; cecum; cecocolic intussusceptions.

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