Romelia graduated from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca in 2020. She began her Ph.D. in the Department of Pathology, Necropsy, and Forensic Medicine in October 2020. Currently, she is following an 18 months internship in the same department. She is interested in all aspects of pathology, but at the same time, she has a particular interest in small animal pathology.
Romelia graduated from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca in 2020. She began her Ph.D. in the Department of Pathology, Necropsy, and Forensic Medicine in October 2020. Currently, she is following an 18 months internship in the same department. She is interested in all aspects of pathology, but at the same time, she has a particular interest in small animal pathology.
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Case 12/2020
MDX: Foal, diaphragmatic hernia (congenital) with concurrent aplasia of the pericardium
Foal, congenital pleuroperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia and left pericardium aplasia. Image a: Lateral view of the coelomic cavities after removal of the left abdominal and thoracic walls; hypoplastic left lung (1); the ventral (2) and the dorsal (3) loop of the left ascending colon; the thoracically translocated (4) and the abdominally located (5) parts of the liver; the diaphragm and area of the dorsal diaphragmatic defect (dotted accolade); the cranial lobe of the right lung which migrated cranial to the heart (white *). Image b: Caudal view of the large diaphragmatic defect with round and bold margins (arrow head) which allows the partial migration of liver and bowel (black *) from the abdomen into the thorax; fibrous aspect of the transdiaphragmatic migrated liver lobe (1) (extraabdominal region) connected by the abdominally located liver (2) by a stalk which contained dilated blood vessels and fibrous connective tissue (white arrow). The white * indicates the caudal pole of the left kidney. Image c: Heart and intestinal loops in situ. The dorsal (1) and the ventral (2) loop of the left ascending colon with the pelvic flexure (black star); small intestine loops (3) in contact with the heart; abundant serous fluid from the fused pleural and pericardial cavities and the partially formed pericardium (arrow head); Image d: The heart and the severely hypoplastic left lung (1) after removal of the intestinal loops; the right lung (2) and the caudal vena cava (3); the arrow indicates the remaining pericardium. Image e: Visceral surface of the liver. The parts of the liver which were translocated in the thoracic cavity (white*) were severely enlarged and exhibited diffuse fibrosis; bar = 10 cm