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Contained Gallbladder Rupture in Two Dogs with Small-Sized Gallbladder

  • Chang-Hwan Moon (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hee-Jin Kim (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Won-Jong Lee (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Young-Sam Kwon (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Jae-Min Jeong (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Dae-Hyun Kim (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hae-Beom Lee (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Seong Mok Jeong (Department of Veterinary Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2023.11.07
  • Accepted : 2023.11.22
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

This report presents two rare cases of gallbladder rupture in dogs with small gallbladders that did not result in bile leakage and their subsequent surgical treatment. The report includes a 5-year-old spayed female Chihuahua weighing 3.5 kg and a 9-year-old castrated male Poodle weighing 5.3 kg. Both dogs had elevated liver enzyme levels on blood chemistry. However, only the second dog (2) (Poodle) presented with hyperbilirubinemia and jaundice, whereas the first dog (Chihuahua (1)) did not display any specific clinical signs. Diagnostic imaging revealed a small gallbladder in both dogs, and the dogs were diagnosed with cholecystolithiasis (1) and extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction (2). No bile leakage-related abdominal effusion was observed. Gallbladder rupture and adhesion to the adjacent tissues were confirmed during cholecystectomy.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2022R1F1A1071251).

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