Esophageal Perforation and Pericarditis Case Caused by Chicken Scapula Bone in a Puppy

Year 2024, , 34 - 38, 02.01.2025

Gencay Ekinci , Emre Tüfekçi , Gökçen Perk , Hanifi Erol , Vehbi Güneş , İhsan Keleş

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14638126

Abstract

Because of their eating habits, dogs often experience foreign bodies in their esophagus. A common diagnostic imaging technique for identifying and excising foreign objects from the stomach, esophagus, and anterior duodenum is endoscopy. Bones and other hard, stinging foreign objects can clog and puncture the esophagus. Serious side effects including pericarditis and pleuritis can arise from a delayed detection of an esophageal perforation. A 45-day-old male Kangal crossbred puppy weighing 5 kg body weight was examined in this instance after consuming boned chicken flesh and developing pericarditis, pleural and chest cavity inflammation, and an esophageal perforation.

Keywords

Chicken bone, Dog, Esophageal perforation, Foreign body, Pericarditis

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