In this report gastric foreign body case in a dolphin were described. The case material presented was formed by an adult bottlenose dolphin sheltered in a private dolphin park in Antalya province, Turkey. We intervened after the veterinary who is in charge of the dolphinarium contacted us with a suspicion of "gastric foreign body". Endoscopic procedure was performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and a diving mask firmly settled in the distal of the forestomach was diagnosed. Although the foreign body was repeatedly grasped using grasping forceps, it disengaged from the forceps due to the large and heavy structure and slippery surfaces and the removal was unsuccessful in performed gastroscopic procedure. However, at present the best method to use in the diagnosis of foreign bodies and removal of these swallowed objects in the appropriate structure in dolphins is gastroscopy.Key Words:Delphinidae, Gastroscopy, Marine mammals, Turkey ••• Bir Yunusta Gastrik Yabancı Cisim Olgusu: Endoskopik Yaklaşım ÖZETBu raporda bir yunusta gastrik yabancı cisim olgusu tanımlandı. Olgu materyalini Antalya, Türkiye' deki özel bir yunus parkında barındırılan yetişkin şişeburun ırkı bir yunus oluşturdu. Yunus parkı sorumlu veteriner hekiminin "gastrik yabancı cisim" şüphesi ile bizimle temasa geçmesi sonrası tarafımızca olguya müdahale edilmiştir. Olguda tanı ve uzaklaştırma amaçlı endoskopik prosedür uygulandı ve distal ön midede sıkıca yerleşmiş bir dalış maskesi teşhis edildi. Gerçekleştirilen gastroskopik prosedür dahilinde yabancı cisim defalarca yakalanmasına rağmen, geniş ve ağır yapısı ve kaygan yüzeyi nedeniyle, forceps ağzından kurtuldu ve uzaklaştırma başarısız oldu. Bununla birlikte, hali hazırda, yunuslarda yutulmuş yabancı cisimlerin tanısında ve aynı zamanda uygun yapıda olanların uzaklaştırılmasında kullanılabilecek en iyi yöntem gastroskopidir.
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