Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery Q&A 18
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A right lateral radiograph of the cranial abdomen of a ten-year-old, female Schnauzer is shown.
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| What is the diagnosis? | Cholelithiasis |
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| This disease is often insidious and asymptomatic in dogs. List the most common clinical signs in dogs that are symptomatic. | Vomiting, anorexia, weakness, polyuria/polydypsia, weight loss, icterus, fever and signs of abdominal pain are the most common clinical signs in dogs with symptomatic cholelithiasis. |
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| The pathogenesis of this disease in dogs is unknown. Several causes have been proposed. Name the most likely ones. | Proposed causes include trauma, biliary stasis, diet alterations, cholecystitis, and parasitic and bacterial biliary infection. |
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| Describe the surgical therapeutic options, and give the therapy of choice. | The treatment for cholelithiasis is cholelithotomy via cholecystotomy, cholecystectomy or choledochotomy. Cholecystectomy is indicated in dogs with cholelithiasis and concurrent cholecystitis and should be regarded as therapy of choice. |
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