Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit

A five-year-old rabbit was evaluated for a 7 to 8 month history of regurgitation, weight loss, and hyporexia. Previously performed whole body radiographs, plasma biochemistry results and complete blood count revealed had no significant abnormalities. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a circum...

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Autores principales: PARKINSON, Lily, KUZMA, Carrie, WUENSCHMANN, Arno, MANS, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966232
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0296
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author PARKINSON, Lily
KUZMA, Carrie
WUENSCHMANN, Arno
MANS, Christoph
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description A five-year-old rabbit was evaluated for a 7 to 8 month history of regurgitation, weight loss, and hyporexia. Previously performed whole body radiographs, plasma biochemistry results and complete blood count revealed had no significant abnormalities. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a circumferential caudal esophageal thickening. The animal received supportive care until euthanasia was performed 6 weeks later. Caudal esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy was diagnosed on necropsy. This case indicates that regurgitation can occur in rabbits and advanced imaging can investigate the underlying cause.
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spelling pubmed-57095632017-12-05 Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit PARKINSON, Lily KUZMA, Carrie WUENSCHMANN, Arno MANS, Christoph J Vet Med Sci Internal Medicine A five-year-old rabbit was evaluated for a 7 to 8 month history of regurgitation, weight loss, and hyporexia. Previously performed whole body radiographs, plasma biochemistry results and complete blood count revealed had no significant abnormalities. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a circumferential caudal esophageal thickening. The animal received supportive care until euthanasia was performed 6 weeks later. Caudal esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy was diagnosed on necropsy. This case indicates that regurgitation can occur in rabbits and advanced imaging can investigate the underlying cause. The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017-10-02 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5709563/ /pubmed/28966232 http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0296 Text en ©2017 The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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PARKINSON, Lily
KUZMA, Carrie
WUENSCHMANN, Arno
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Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title_full Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title_fullStr Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title_full_unstemmed Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title_short Esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
title_sort esophageal smooth muscle hypertrophy causing regurgitation in a rabbit
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709563/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.17-0296
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