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8 week old DLH

November 19, 2015 By Allison Zwingenberger

Today’s case is an 8-week-old male domestic longhair cat with diarrhea and distended abdomen. What is your diagnosis?

R LAT Abdomen
R LAT Abdomen
R LAT Abdomen

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Findings

The abdomen is markedly distended with large loops of intestine. These loops have multiple mineral fragments within them. The peritoneal detail is poor.

Colonogram: Positive contrast medium was administered per rectum. The rectum is narrow, and the descending colon is further narrowed cranial to the pelvic canal for approximately 2 cm. The contrast then diffuses into the enlarged portion of the descending colon cranial to the narrowed area. The colonic narrowing is persistent on two projections.

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Diagnosis

Congenital colonic stricture.

The stricture was balloon dilated to a diameter of 5 mm. The cat improved over the next month with resolution of the diarrhea.

Filed Under: Abdomen, Case of the Day, Feline, Radiographs

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