1987 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 54-57
An 8-month-old setter bitch was examined because of the development of two intra-abdominal masses showing no clinical signs. These masses were first noticed when she was 40 days old. Palpation, X-ray, and ultrasonic examinations revealed two firm and freely movable masses filled with fluid, being tennis ball and soft ball in size, in the middle part of the adbominal cavity. A clinical diagnosis of abdominal cyst was made and confirmed by laparotomy. Two cysts were found covered with the gastrosplenic omentum. A part of the serosal coat of the smaller cyst was connected with the greater curvature of the stomach. This cyst had branches from the left gastroepiploic artery and vein. The larger cyst had branches from the splenic artery and vein. The mucosal coat of the two cysts was quite similar to that of the stomach. The clinical and pathological features in this case we essentially the same as those reported in the human case of duplication of the alimentary tract.
