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Portosystemic Shunt in A Puppy Poodle and Medical Treatment: Case report

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Internal medicine and infectious diseases

Abstract

The case includes a 7-month-old puppy poodle applied to a private hospital for weakness, tremors and seizure attacks. Clinical examination findings were normal. From blood samples, biochemical parameter measurements were carried out. The values of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), ammonia and fasting serum bile acids ​​were high and the blood urea nitrogen (BUN) value ​​was low. Ultrasonographic examination, shunted vein in the liver to the vena cava caudalis, that is, colour Doppler observed the extrahepatic shunt and turbulent flow in this shunted. Depending on clinical, laboratory (hemogram and biochemistry) and ultrasonographic observations, portosystemic shunt (PSS) was diagnosed and controlled one month after the treatment was recommended. The medical treatment included a hepatic formula diet (liver care), lactulose 0.5 ml/kg three times a day, metronidazole 15 mg/kg twice a day, S-adenosyl Methionine 15 mg/kg once a day, 400 international unite (IU) vitamin E once a day for 30 days. When turbulent flow is observed in the shunted vein in the liver to vena cava caudalis, ultrasound examination with color Doppler can help diagnose portosystemic shunt. After the treatment, clinical improvement was observed and clinical symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy including seizures and tremors, disappeared completely. Determination of turbulent flow with colour Doppler and decreased portal flow velocity with portal hypertension with PW-Doppler ultrasonography are important for the diagnosis of the portosystemic shunt. It was concluded that medical treatments might help before surgical treatments in portosystemic shunts.

DOI

10.21608/javs.2022.169619.1186

Keywords

Dog, poodle, portosystemic shunt, Ultrasound

Authors

First Name

Erman

Last Name

KORAL

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Selcuk University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Internal Medicine Department Alaeddin Keykubat Campus, Post Code: 42003 Selçuklu, Konya/TURKEY

Email

ermankoral@hotmail.com

City

Konya

Orcid

0000-0001-7284-4067

First Name

Murat

Last Name

Durgut

MiddleName

Kaan

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Selcuk University KONYA, TURKEY

Email

mkaan.durgut@selcuk.edu.tr

City

Konya

Orcid

0000-0002-4582-8536

Volume

8

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

38252

Issue Date

2023-01-01

Receive Date

2022-10-18

Publish Date

2023-01-01

Page Start

78

Page End

82

Print ISSN

1687-4072

Online ISSN

2090-3308

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https://javs.journals.ekb.eg/article_274149.html

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12

Type

Case Study

Type Code

1,130

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences

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https://javs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Portosystemic Shunt in A Puppy Poodle and Medical Treatment: Case report

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Created At

22 Jan 2023