Gastrointestinal angiodysplasias diagnosed using video capsule endoscopy in 15 dogs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Angiodysplasia (AGD) is rarely diagnosed in dogs with gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) and is reported in case reports in dogs.

Objective

Describe signalment, clinical and diagnostic features of dogs with gastrointestinal (GI) AGD diagnosed by video capsule endoscopy (VCE).

Animals

Dogs with overt or suspected GIB which underwent VCE.

Methods

Dogs for which a VCE was submitted for overt or suspected GIB from 2016 to 2021 were selected retrospectively. Medical records and full-length VCE recordings where AGDs were initially detected, were reviewed by 2 trained internists. AGD was considered definitive if 2 readers detected it. Signalment, clinical signs, blood work, medications, concurrent diseases, findings of previous conventional endoscopy, and surg

SUBMITTER: Defarges A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature