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Diagnosis and surgical management of idiopathic bile duct cysts in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)

Published:2022-01-02 Issue:1 Volume:27 Page:1-5
ISSN:2053-0889
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language:en
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Author:

Nógrádi Anna Linda¹,Cope Iain²,Csatári Dóra¹,Arany-Tóth Attila³,Dudás-Györki Zoltán⁴,Vajdovich Péter⁵,Németh Tibor³,Hetyey Csaba⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Exotic Animal and Wildlife Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest István Street. 2, Budapest, Hungary

2. Recognised Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine, UK and Ireland ARAV international representative, UK AEMV international representative, Newmarket Vets4Pets, Inside Pets at Home, Studland Retail Park, Fordham Road, Newmarket, Suffolk, UK

3. Department and Clinic of Surgery and Ophthalmology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest István Street. 2, Budapest, Hungary

4. Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest István Street. 2, Budapest, Hungary

5. Department of Clinical Pathology and Oncology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest István Street. 2, Budapest, Hungary

6. Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest István Street. 2, Budapest, Hungary; Anna Linda Nógrádi

Abstract

The case presented shows the clinical signs, diagnosis and surgical management of idiopathic bile duct cysts in a bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps). A 12-year-old female bearded dragon presented with constipation resulting from the consumption of sand. A soft mass about 4 cm wide could be palpated in the mid-coelom after the substrate passed. The animal started eating, but soon started showing signs of kyphosis. Ultrasound, radiography and computed tomography examinations revealed that the mass was a cyst 4 cm in diameter. Diagnostic laparotomy was performed and the large cyst and affected liver tissue were removed with a partial hepatectomy. Cytology of the cyst was unremarkable, but histopathological examination showed the lesions to be bile duct cysts. No sign of malignancy or inflammation could be seen.

Publisher

Mark Allen Group

Subject

General Engineering

Link

http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.12968/coan.2021.0064

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