A case report: Characteristic plain radiographic findings of a displaced abomasum in a heifer

K Kazama, K Onda, S Arai, Y Shinozuka, K Kawai, K Kaneko, T Kondo and K Yamada
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K Kazama: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
K Onda: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
S Arai: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Y Shinozuka: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
K Kawai: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
K Kaneko: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
T Kondo: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
K Yamada: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

Veterinární medicína, 2022, vol. 67, issue 1, 46-50

Abstract: A 9-month-old Holstein heifer with a history of severely poor growth presented with diarrhoea. On physical examination, a metallic pinging sound was heard on the simultaneous percussion and auscultation of the left trunk. On the cranial abdominal radiography, the contour of a gas-filled balloon-like abomasum wall was delineated, which elevated to the dorsal abdomen. Radiopaque sand at the bottom of the abomasum had been pulled up caudodorsally by the gas-filled abomasum. After surgery, the gas-filled balloon-like appearance of the abomasum wall disappeared and the radiopaque sand was located in the normal position. To our knowledge, no reports on a displaced abomasum on plain radiographs are available. The radiographic findings described herein are characteristic imaging findings of a displaced abomasum. Abdominal radiography could be a new option as an auxiliary diagnostic approach for a displaced abomasum.

Keywords: cow; displacement of the abomasum; radiography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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