Gallbladder Disorders Flashcards
What are some primary GI differentials for acute vomiting?
- Gastritis - inflammation
- Foreign body obstruction
- Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis
- Neoplasia
What are some systemic differentials for acute vomiting?
- Acute pancreatitis
- Renal failure
- Hypoadrenocorticism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hepatobiliary disease
- Neoplasia
What is the most significant gallbladder disease in dogs?
Gallbladder mucocele
How do you diagnose gallbladder mucoceles?
Bloodwork (increased ALT/ALP) and AUS
What causes gallbladder mucoceles?
- Biliary stasis/dysmotility
- Cholecystitis
- Cystic mucinous hyperplasia
- Corticosteroid excess
- Hyperlipidemia
How do you treat gallbladder mucoceles medically and surgically?
Surgical: Cholecystectomy
Medical: Ursodiol, ABX, and low-fat diet
What is the difference between cat and dog bile duct anatomy?
Cats: bile duct fuses with pancreatic duct before entering the duodenal papilla (disease can affect the biliary tree and pancreas)
Dogs: bile duct enters NEXT to the pancreatic duct
What are some diseases of the gallbladder?
- Biliary or gallbladder sludge
- Cholecystitis
- Cystic mucinous hyperplasia
- Choleliths
- Mucocele
- Carcinoma
This is the hyperplasticity lesions with no associated inflammation and cystic structures filled with mucin within the gallbladder
Cystic Mucinous hyperplasia
This is the most common primary malignant hepatic neoplasm in cats
Biliary adenocarcinoma
