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intussusception

Hello

This is a 9 year old cat. Just looking for opinions on whether this is an intussusception?

Thanks. Brent

Hello

This is a 9 year old cat. Just looking for opinions on whether this is an intussusception?

Thanks. Brent

Comments

April 13, 2016 at 10:43 pm -

Yes its a very early one…

Yes its a very early one… just 3/4 onion:) but ropey bowel and hypertrophied muscularis so you may be able to just reduce but get fiull thickness while there… IBD LSA MCT and DFIP all do this..

Here’s an intussusception from the basic search in the archive to compare

http://sonopath.com/members/case-studies/cases/0400451-buddy-m-intussusception

tosullivan

April 14, 2016 at 12:47 am -

Thanks! I didnt give the

Thanks! I didnt give the whole story because I was short for time just leaving work!

The US was earlier in the day and we went to surgery and it wasen’t there. No evidence of it!

So you said it was early, could this have reduced itself? I did aggressively palpate the intestines while prepping for surgery! This is an FIV positive cat that has not been doing well for a few weeks to few months.

Thanks. Brent

April 14, 2016 at 1:47 am -

maybe you had a curative

maybe you had a curative palpation technique?? 🙂

Anyway looks like a partial intussusception so may have been starting but corrected itself but the bowel is unhealthy for sure

tosullivan

April 14, 2016 at 2:16 am -

Thanks. I feel much better

Thanks. I feel much better you confirming it. I really dislike going in on surgeries and coming up empty eventhough I always mention it is initially exploratory.

Thanks so much.

April 14, 2016 at 2:38 am -

You bet…we like being

You bet…we like being useful:)

Dynamic medicine is what it is.