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<big><center>[[Clinical Case 9|'''BACK''']]</center></big>
Courtesy of C. Antonczyk
The owner was asked to bring Duke to the practice as quickly as possible. On admission, the vet finds the following:
==Clinical Examination==
==Clinical Examination==
*Duke is dull and cooperative (even though he is normally aggressive and impossible to examine).
*Duke is dull and cooperative (even though he is normally aggressive and impossible to examine).
*The heart rate is 200 beats per minute and the mucous membranes appear pale.
*The heart rate is 200 beats per minute and the mucous membranes appear pale with prolonged capillary refill time.
*Peripheral pulses appear weak.
*Duke's abdomen is visibly distended and there is a firm oblong viscous pressed firmly against the left body wall.
*Duke's abdomen is visibly distended and there is a firm oblong viscous pressed firmly against the left body wall.
*Duke is making unproductive retching attempts.
*Duke is making unproductive retching attempts.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
*<font color="white"> Gastric dilation-volvulus. </font>
What do you think can be felt along the left body wall?
*<font color="white"> The spleen. This organ often distends in this condition and is being pressed against the body wall by the enlarged stomach. </font>
*Click [[Clinical Case 9 - Page 3|here]] to see what the vet did.
*Click [[Clinical Case 9 - Page 3|here]] to see what the vet did.
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