| Title | [Cystoscopy in a heifer with rupture of a patent urachus.] | | Author(s) | Braun U, Previtali M, Fürst A, Wehrli M, Muggli E | | Institution | Departement für Nutztiere der Universität Zürich. | | Source | Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 2009 Nov; 151(11):539-543. | | Abstract | This case report describes the clinical, ultrasonographic and cystoscopic findings and treatment in a two-year-old Swiss Braunvieh heifer with rupture of a patent urachus. The lead signs in the seven-month-pregnant heifer were markedly abnormal general condition and demeanour and a pear-shaped abdomen. The heifer had severe azotaemia, and abdominal ultrasonography revealed ascites, which was diagnosed as uroperitoneum based on an elevated creatinine level in the fluid. A patent urachus was identified during cystoscopy; the endoscope could be advanced beyond the apex of the urinary bladder into the urachus. Based on all the findings, a diagnosis of uroperitoneum attributable to rupture of a patent urachus was made. The urachus was ligated twice via a left-flank laparotomy. The general condition normalised within a few days of surgery, and the patient calved normally and was in good health at follow-up evaluation. | | Language | GER | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 19885799 |
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