Discospondylitis in association with an intra‐abdominal abscess in a dog

Abstract

An 11-year-old German shepherd dog cross was presented with a six-week history of weight loss and abdominal distension. A diagnosis of abdominal abscess and discospondylitis was made. The dog responded to surgical excision of the abscess and conservative medical treatment for discospondylitis.

Sterile omental fat abscess in a dog

“…Clinical signs vary, and may include weakness, weight loss, hyporexia, vomiting and diarrhoea. [1][2][3] For the dog presented here, the only reported clinical sign was a palpable abdominal mass. None of the previously reported cases of primary omental abscessation underwent CT, and exploratory laparotomy was elected on the basis of radiographic findings alone.…”

Vertebral disease in excavated canine in Lower Silesia, Poland

“…Discospondylitis can be associated with other loci of infection, wherein secondary centers likely are established hematogenously (Siems et al, 1999). Bone sclerosis and ventral osteophytes are common findings in chronic vertebral infections, and they may be accompanied by marked osteolysis and inflammatory osteoproliferation.…”

Imaging Diagnosis—intra‐abdominal Lipoma

“…However, mineralization of these cysts is also a hallmark radiographic feature, which was not present in the dog in this report 6 . Omental abscesses can have an irregular wall surrounding a hypoechogenic homogenous fluid‐filled center 7 . Pancreatic abscesses can also be of mixed echogenicity 8 .…”