Special Path Gall Bladder

Question 1

The function of the gall bladder is to store bile in all domestic animals other than ____.

Answer 1

The horse (equids don’t have a gall bladder)

Question 2

Biliary obstruction is caused by?

Answer 2

Choleliths, foreign bodies (parasites), external compression by a neoplasm, periductular fibrosis

Question 3

Cholecystitis is what?

Answer 3

Inflammation of the gall bladder

Question 4

What virus causes cholecystitis in the dog?

Answer 4

canine adenovirus type 1 –> infectious canine hepatitis

Question 5

What bacteria cuases cholecystitis in calves?

Answer 5

Salmonella enteritidis

Question 6

Characteristics of Cystic hyperplasia of gall bladder in dogs; benign or malignant?

Answer 6

Mucosa diffusely thickened by variably cystic spaces; benign

Question 7

Gall bladder mucocele in dogs:

Answer 7

This canine disorder is characterized by progressive accumulation of tenacious mucin-laden bile, which may extend into the cystic, hepatic, and common bile ducts, resulting in variable degrees of bile duct obstruction; dilation of gallbladder with mucoid secretion - may be severely distended with necrosis, rupture and peritonitis; also extrabiliary obstruction (cystic, hepatic, common)

Question 8

Is gall bladder mucocele in dogs treatable?

Answer 8

if you catch it soon enough and remove gall bladder

Question 9

Gall bladder mucocele etiology

Answer 9

Unkown; decreased gall bladder motility or altered bile composition; Decreased gallbladder motility leads to luminal bile stasis and enhanced absorption of electrolytes and fluid, promoting biliary sludge formation

Question 10

CASE: female dog presents icterus, elevated liver enzymes; painful abdomen, anorexia, vomiting. Peritonitis, gall bladder severely distended with ischemic necrosis; liver: portal fibrosis and bile duct proliferation as a result of cholestasis

Answer 10

Gall bladder mucocele

Question 11

Neoplasia (adenoma or carcinoma) of gall bladder are common or rare?

Answer 11

Rare