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Extrahepatic Bile Duct and Gall Bladder Dissection in Nine-Day-Old Mouse Neonates
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Congenital duplex gallbladder and biliary mucocele associated with partial hepatic cholestasis and cholelithiasis in
Katharine S Woods1, Brigitte A Brisson, Alice M N Defarges
1Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1. kwoods02@uoguelph.ca
The Canadian Veterinary Journal = La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne
|September 4, 2012
Abstract:
A 6-year-old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was presented for acute onset of vomiting. Exploratory laparotomy identified a duplex gallbladder and left cholecystectomy was performed. Histopathology confirmed biliary mucocele and hepatic cholestasis. While rare, biliary mucoceles should be considered as a differential diagnosis for feline extrahepatic bile duct obstruction.
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