Duodenoduodenal intussusception in a 16‐year‐old German Warmblood mare

Rebecca Mathys, Claudia Graubner, Taina Kaiponen, Llorenç Grau‐Roma, Elke Van der Vekens, Christoph Koch, Hervé Brunisholz
2022
A 16-year-old German Warmblood mare was presented with an acute history of abdominal pain that failed to respond to medical treatment. Diagnostic evaluations including transabdominal and transrectal ultrasound and palpation were suggestive of a small-intestinal intussusception. Exploratory laparotomy revealed a duodenoduodenal intussusception of the proximal and middle third of the duodenum. The horse was subjected to euthanasia due to the poor prognosis. The post-mortem examination showed the
more » ... ntussusception to be associated with a pseudodiverticulum orally to the intussusception and duodenal muscular hypertrophy.
doi:10.5167/uzh-223892 fatcat:e3vxt2wjlfdxnp4fpyrseo6dy4