An unusual form of strangulation of mesentery only by pedunculated lipoma was identified as the cause of moderate to severe colic in four horses. The small intestinal mesentery was involved in three horses and the small colon mesentery in the fourth horse, but the associated intestine was not...

Background: The abdominal lipomas are benign tumors of hyperplastic growth that originate from mesenteric adipose tissue, most commonly in the small intestine. Pedunculated lipoma strangulation occurs when the pedicle wraps around an intestinal loop and its mesentery, obstructing the intestinal...

The current hypothesis proposed for strangulation of small intestine by a pedunculated lipoma in horses involves movement of the lipoma around the small intestine until it loops through its own pedicle. This mechanism is difficult to demonstrate during surgical correction. The objective was to...

Small intestine strangulation by pedunculated lipomas is a common cause of acute colic in horses. However, diagnosis of this condition prior to surgery may be difficult due to the poor specificity of the clinical signs. We describe the ultrasonographic findings of 2 horses presented for acute colic ...

A 2-year-old Arabian horse was presented with severe colic symptoms. During explorative laparotomy, a jejuno-jejunal invagination secondary to a submucosal intestinal mass was detected. The involved jejunal segment was surgically removed and an end-to-end anastomosis was created. Opening the...

An adult horse was diagnosed with a frontal and caudal maxillary sinus lipoma, which was surgically removed. This is the first known report of a sinus lipoma in a horse. Lipomas should be considered in the differential diagnoses of equine sinus masses; complete surgical excision appears to be...

The aim of the current study was to identify associations between pituitary lesions, body condition scores, and mesenteric lipomas in horses with insulin resistance. Necropsy examinations were performed following euthanasia in 30 adult horses designated as insulin resistant (n=11) or insulin...

Colic Syndrome is a set of clinical symptoms and signs that together with the animal's clinical history reflect physiological aspects in the gastrointestinal tract that evidence abdominal discomfort, resulting in diseases that affect horses. The objective of this paper is to report a case of colic...

An obese 17-year-old Shetland pony mare with a history of recurrent colic episodes was presented for investigation of colic signs of a few hours' duration associated with marked tachycardia. Transabdominal ultrasonography identified a large amount of multilobulated tissue that was hypoechoic to the ...

The clinical aspects, diagnosis, and treatment of strangulating lipoma and abdominocentesis in horses are discussed.