Enterectomy in the correction of intussusception associated with obstructive food lymphoma in a young dog: Case report

Authors

  • Patrícia Vives Universidade Federal de Pelotas
  • Patrícia Silva Vives .
  • Marina Zanin .
  • Tainá Ança Evaristo .
  • Francisco de Assis Araújo Camelo Júnior .
  • Luana Harz Durate .
  • Rosimeri Zamboni .
  • Pâmela Caye .
  • Liliane Cristina Dias Jerônimo .
  • Josaine Cristina da silva Rappeti, Fabrício de Vargas Arigony Braga .

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Keywords:

neoplasia, diarrhea, intestinal prolapse

Abstract

Lymphoma is the most frequent lymphohematopoietic neoplasia in dogs, and one of the most chemorresponsive in veterinary medicine, so the treatment is usually based onchemotherapy protocols associated or not to surgical resection. In food form, it is uncommon in dogs and characterized by the location in the gastrointestinal tract and mesenteric lymph nodes, and untreated live between four and six weeks after the start of clinical signals or diagnosis. This work aims to report the surgical treatment of a young dog with intestinal obstructive food lymphoma that, after an enterectomy of the affected segment, obtained diagnosis in the histopathological. Even with the prescription of chemotherapy, the tutor chose only for support treatment and the patient had an eight-week survival.

Published

2019-06-26

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

Enterectomy in the correction of intussusception associated with obstructive food lymphoma in a young dog: Case report. (2019). Pubvet, 13(06). http://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/850

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