Japanese Journal of Veterinary Anesthesia & Surgery
Online ISSN : 1349-7669
Print ISSN : 0916-5908
ISSN-L : 0916-5908
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Extrahepatic Portosystemic Dual Shunts in a Dog Diagnosed by Mesenteric Portography that Was Initially Considered to Single Shunt by CT Portography
Atsushi FUJITA, Reina FUJIWARA, Ryohei NISHIMURA, Nobuo SASAKI
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2009 Volume 40 Issue 3 Pages 55-60

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A 14 month-old Yorkshire terrier was presented with hyperammonemia and neurological disorder. Helical computed tomographic portography showed a single extrahepatic portosystemic shunt between left colic vein and caudal vena cava. Mesenteric portography after laparotomy revealed the other shunt inconsistently visualized around left gastric vein. The both shunts were safely ligated and hyperammonemia was disappeared. This case report shows a rare case of extrahepatic CPSS in a dog and the importance of mesenteric portography especially after shunt ligation, not for missing other shunts.
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