CASE DESCRIPTION: A 1-year-old spayed female domestic shorthair cat was evaluated for a sternal defect and ventral abdominal wall hernia. CLINICAL FINDINGS: The cat appeared healthy. Palpation revealed a sternal defect, and the heart could be observed beating underneath the skin at the caudoventral ...

Case summary: Cranial ventral midline hernias, most often congenital, can be associated with other congenital abnormalities, such as sternal, diaphragmatic or cardiac malformations. A 4-year-old multiparous queen with a substernal hernia was admitted for evaluation of a mammary mass. During CT...

Case summary: A 14-year-old, female neutered domestic shorthair presented for dyspnoea. Thoracic ultrasonography and radiography showed that a heterogeneous mass was present within the pericardial sac, and the mass continued caudally with the mesenteric fat. On CT, the outline of the diaphragm was...

A one-year six-month-old male neutered domestic shorthaired cat was presented for regurgitation of increasing severity, 10 days following surgical repair of a suspected traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. Diaphragmatic hernia repair had been carried out between the aortic and oesophageal hiatuses....

This is a case report of a cat with signs of respiratory distress for about 30 days and progressive weight loss. The thoracic radiograph and abdomen examination evidencing loss of definition of the diaphragmatic line is compatible with diaphragmatic hernia. In laparoscopy, a large diaphragmatic ...

A one year old and two three year old domestic short hair cats presented with trauma induced diaphragmatic hernia at Ankara University Animal Hospital. After clinical and radiographic examination all three cats diagnosed with diaphragmatic hernia. All cats gone under surgical repair for hernias....

Case summary: A cat with a chronic diaphragmatic rupture presented with neurological signs, including twitching and focal seizures. Blood ammonia level was markedly elevated and therefore neurological signs were thought to be related to hepatic encephalopathy. Exploratory laparotomy revealed that...

A case of peritoneopericardial hernia (PPDH) in a Persian cat and its successful treatment was reported [UK, date not given]. In this case, clinical signs of PPDH were limited to the upper respiratory tract. Although the upper respiratory signs were presumed to have stemmed from the PPDH, it was...

Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) is a rare congenital disease in dogs and cats. We attempted surgical reduction in a young cat with a PPDH. Surgical reduction of the herniated liver lobe was initially attempted by careful manipulation during laparotomy. The reduction, however, was...

Pleuroperitoneal hernias are the most uncommon type of diaphragmatic hernias in dogs and cats. The treatment of choice is surgery and may involve the use of prosthetic implant through celiotomy. In the current report, laparoscopic repair of a congenital pleuroperitoneal hernia using polypropylene...