An enterovesical foreign body in a dog

Wyatt, K.; Marchevsky, A M; Kelly, Andrea

doi:10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12420.x

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“…There have been numerous noniatrogenic foreign bodies occurring in the urinary bladder in small and large animals and none were grass awns 3–7 . In these previously described patients, penetration into the urinary bladder was through the detrusor muscle, either from the intestine, via a skin wound, or from the peritoneal cavity.…”

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Ultrasonographic Features of Grass Awns in the Urinary Bladder

Cherbinsky

Westropp

Tinga

et al. 2010

Veterinary Radiology &Amp; Ultrasound

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Grass awns are a common cause of foreign body disease in animals, but little is known about their presence in the lower urinary tract. The ultrasonographic features of grass awns in vivo and in vitro have been described in detail. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical and sonographic features of grass awns in the urinary bladder of dogs and cats. Three male Yorkshire terriers (one of which was examined twice) and one female domestic short-haired cat were evaluated for signs of lower urinary tract disease, and an intravesicular grass awn was suspected based on ultrasound examination. The grass awn appeared ultrasonographically as a bladder stone (n = 1) or a linear hyperechoic structure (n = 4) with or without acoustic shadowing that was easy to identify due to contrast with surrounding urine. The presence of a grass awn within the urinary bladder was confirmed during exploratory surgery. In all patients, the route of entry of the grass awn was thought to have been retrograde migration from the urethral opening. The ultrasonographic appearance of grass awns in the bladder is consistent with that in other tissues.

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“…I ntravesicular foreign bodies are more common in people 1,2 than in animals 3–7 . Grass awns are common causes of foreign body disease in animals 8–20 .…”

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Ultrasonographic Features of Grass Awns in the Urinary Bladder

Cherbinsky

Westropp

Tinga

et al. 2010

Veterinary Radiology &Amp; Ultrasound

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“…The stick was too long to pass through the digestive tract of a small dog weighing 4 kg, and its sharp edge could perforate the digestive tract easily. Popsicle sticks are not sharp-pointed like kebab sticks, but they do have one end with a sharp edge that can perforate the gastrointestinal tract if a stick is ingested, as shown in previous reports [ 3 , 12 , 29 ].…”

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“…Due to its length and shape, it is almost impossible for such a long, sharp-pointed wooden stick to pass through the digestive tract without causing perforation. In previous reports on migration of ingested wooden sticks, migration was extraluminal in all cases, and the stick was found inside the thoracic or abdominal cavity, where it was causing inflammation in a specific area [ 1 , 3 , 12 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 27 , 29 ]. Our dog swallowed the popsicle stick whole, and the stick was found in the thoracic cavity.…”

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Pyothorax induced by an intrathoracic foreign body in a miniature dachshund: Migration of a popsicle stick from the stomach

Choi

Han

2017

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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A four-year-old dachshund presented with a two-week history of pyrexia, depression, and cough. Four months earlier, the owner observed the dog swallow a whole popsicle stick, but the animal showed no clinical signs at that time. Radiography, ultrasonography, and computed tomography confirmed an intrathoracic linear foreign body and pleural effusion in the right thorax. The pleural fluid was bloody and purulent, and contained inflammatory cells and Escherichia coli. The dog was diagnosed with pyothorax induced by a foreign body, and was treated successfully by surgical removal of the foreign body, partial lung lobectomy, thoracic lavage, and antibiotics. The foreign body was identified as a popsicle stick that the dog had eaten.

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“…Detection of ingested and perforating wooden foreign bodies has been described 2,4,5,7,8,12,14,18 . A variable degree of migration of such foreign bodies from the gastrointestinal tract has been documented, which includes migration of a sosatie stick to a lumbar vertebra with secondary vertebral osteomyelitis in an animal that presented with lumbar pain of 10 months' duration 2 ; migration of an ice-lolly stick from the jejunum into the bladder 18 ; a non-healing wound on the thorax diagnosed as gastrocutaneous fistula formation secondary to migration of an ice-lolly stick 4 , and migration of 2 cocktail sticks into the sublumbar musculature 11 .…”

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Diagnostic imaging of migrating kebab (sosatie) sticks – a review of 8 cases

Stander

Kirberger

2011

J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc.

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Complications related to extraluminal migration of ingested kebab (sosatie) sticks are infrequently diagnosed in small animals. A total of 8 cases diagnosed with extragastric migration of ingested kebab sticks were retrospectively evaluated. No significant breed or sex predilection was found but there was a tendency for animals to present at a younger age (less than 3 years). Clinical signs (of variable duration) were non-specific and included haemoptysis, abdominal pain, regurgitation, subcutaneous abscessation and chronic draining sinus tracts, making a clinical diagnosis difficult. Ultrasonography proved invaluable in facilitating the diagnosis of kebab stick migration in 6 of the cases and computed tomography unexpectedly identified a kebab stick that had migrated into the thorax in 1 patient. Survey radiography was generally found to be insensitive in identifying the kebab sticks. The aim of this article is to alert veterinarians to a clinical syndrome that may not be considered a differential diagnosis in patients with non-specific inflammatory disease of the thorax, abdomen or pelvic regions and to illustrate the usefulness of the various diagnostic imaging modalities in facilitating a diagnosis of kebab stick ingestion and its possible secondary complications.

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An enterovesical foreign body in a dog

Cited by 17 publications

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Ultrasonographic Features of Grass Awns in the Urinary Bladder

Ultrasonographic Features of Grass Awns in the Urinary Bladder

Pyothorax induced by an intrathoracic foreign body in a miniature dachshund: Migration of a popsicle stick from the stomach

Diagnostic imaging of migrating kebab (sosatie) sticks – a review of 8 cases

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