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An unusual case of thoracic ectopia cordis in a Toggenburg Goat and its three-dimensional images constructed with X-ray computed tomography
| Title: | An unusual case of thoracic ectopia cordis in a Toggenburg Goat and its three-dimensional images constructed with X-ray computed tomography |
| Authors: | Lai, Jyh-Mirn Browse this author | | Wu, Jui-Te Browse this author | | Yang, Wei-Cheng Browse this author | | Chao, Ming-Hsin Browse this author | | Nagahata, Hajime Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | computed tomography | | congenital malformation | | ectopia cordis |
| Issue Date: | May-2016 |
| Publisher: | Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University |
| Journal Title: | Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research |
| Volume: | 64 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 165 |
| End Page: | 170 |
| Abstract: | A two-day-old female Toggenburg goat with thoracic ectopia cordis (EC) was diagnosed via radiography and computed tomography. The goat was born with EC, defects of the sternum and a supra-umbilical abdominal wall, but without the presence of Cantrell’s syndrome. Necropsy and histopathological findings indicated the affected kid had malformation of the heart with an enlarged left ventricle. The findings showed the heart (9 × 5 × 5 cm) stayed outside the thorax, and was covered by a semitransparent membrane. This report is the first to describe a case of thoracic EC in a goat whose sternum was not developed fully and was not connected to the ribs. It is also the first paper to describe three-dimensional images of this condition constructed from computed tomography scans. |
| Type: | bulletin (article) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/62210 |
| Appears in Collections: | Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research > Volume 64 Number 2
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Submitter: 獣医学部図書室
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