Treatment of prednisolone for eosinophilic enteritis in a dog

Lee, Jin-Woo; Lee, Sun-Hee; Lim, Soo-Jung; Park, Hyung-Jin; Jung, Dae-Wook; Kim, Tae-Sin; Kim, Duck-Hwan; Song, Kun-Ho

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2010;50(4):327-330.

Jin-Woo Lee, Sun-Hee Lee, Soo-Jung Lim, Hyung-Jin Park, Dae-Wook Jung, Tae-Sin Kim, Duck-Hwan Kim, Kun-Ho Song

College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University

개에서 prednisolone을 이용한 호산구성 장염 치료 증례

이진우, 이선희, 임수정, 박형진, 정대욱, 김태신, 김덕환, 송근호

충남대학교 수의과대학 및 동물의과학연구소

Abstract

A 7-year-old, castrated male Yorkshire terrier dog with chronic vomiting, and melena lasted for 3 weeks was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of Chungnam National University. The complete blood counts and serum biochemistry revealed no remarkable findings. Gastrointestinal series revealed irregular margin in small intestinal lumen. After upper gastrointestinal series, erythema of the small intestinal lesions was found by exploratory laparotomy and full-thickness biopsy was performed. Histopathologic examination revealed infiltration of predominantly eosinophils and other inflammatory cells in small intestine. Based on these findings, the dog was diagnosed as eosinophilic enteritis. After 4 weeks medical treatment and hypoallergenic diet, the patient showed no vomiting, melena and other complications.

Key Words: biopsy, dog, eosinophilic enteritis