Hepatic emphysema associated with ultrasound-guided liver biopsy in a dog

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Frida Westgren³  Tove Hjorth³  Margareta Uhlhorn³  Pernille E Etterlin¹  Charles J Ley² 

[1] Division of Pathology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden

[2] Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden

[3] Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7040, Uppsala 75007, Sweden

关键词: Gas;    Clostridium perfringens;    Complication;    Bacteriemia;    Septicemia;   

Others  :  789207
DOI  :  10.1186/1751-0147-56-25

 received in 2014-02-11, accepted in 2014-04-16,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

An eleven-year-old Chinese Crested Powder Puff dog presented with polydipsia/polyuria, inappetence, diarrhea and vomiting underwent an ultrasound-guided percutaneous liver biopsy. Two days post-biopsy the clinical condition of the dog acutely deteriorated with fever, dyspnea, ataxia and subcutaneous emphysema. Radiographs and ultrasound showed focal severe hepatic emphysema in the region of the previous liver biopsy. Post-mortem examination revealed chronic hepatitis with dissecting fibrosis, acute hepatitis with hemorrhage and in the hindlimb musculature extensive hemorrhage and necrosis. Pure cultures of the gas producing bacteria Clostridium perfringens were isolated in samples from the hind limb musculature. We propose that the hepatic emphysema in the region of the biopsy site was a result of a clostridial infection.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Westgren et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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