8 year old Mastiff

Diagnosis

Gastric dilation – functional ileus. Presumed due to chronic stretching of the gastric wall.

A gastrotomy was performed, and plant and solid material were removed, which appeared non-obstructive. Biopsy of the stomach and intestine revealed mild chronic lymphoplasmacytic enteritis. A gastrotomy tube was placed, and the gastric distension improved slightly over one month. A gastropexy was also performed because of the risk of torsion.