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Grain Foreign Body Embedded in the Spleen and Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia in a Maltese Dog

  • Song, Joong-Hyun (Research Institute of Natural Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Jang, Hyo-Mi (Research Institute of Natural Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Chun (Research Institute of Natural Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Sur, Jung-Hyang (Department of Pathobiology, Small Animal Tumor Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kang, Byeong-Teck (Laboratory of Veterinary Dermatology and Neurology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jung, Dong-In (Research Institute of Natural Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2016.09.19
  • Accepted : 2016.12.23
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

An 8-month-old, intact male Maltese dog was referred to us because of anorexia, diarrhea, and jaundice. Hematologic examination revealed immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, and abdominal ultrasonography revealed heterogeneous changes in mesenteric fat and coarse echotexture in the splenic parenchyma. Septic peritonitis was diagnosed on the basis of a bacterial culture test of the peritoneal fluid. Exploratory laparotomy and subsequent omental biopsy and splenectomy were performed. On histopathological examination, the omental mass and splenic lesions were diagnosed as grain foreign body granulomas. This report describes a rare case in which a grain foreign body was embedded in the spleen of a dog.

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