Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography and Shear-Wave Elastography in the Diagnosis of Granulomatous Colitis in a French Bulldog

Alessia Cordella; Emmelie Stock; Isabel Van de Maele; Annelies Willems; Jimmy Saunders

doi:10.3390/vetsci8070133

Use of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography and Shear-Wave Elastography in the Diagnosis of Granulomatous Colitis in a French Bulldog

Vet Sci. 2021 Jul 15;8(7):133. doi: 10.3390/vetsci8070133.

Authors

Alessia Cordella¹, Emmelie Stock¹, Isabel Van de Maele², Annelies Willems², Jimmy Saunders¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopaedics of Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9280 Merelbeke, Belgium.
² Small Animal Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, 9280 Merelbeke, Belgium.

Abstract

An 11-month-old male intact French Bulldog was referred for chronic intermittent diarrhea lasting three months. Ultrasonographic (US) examination revealed severe thickening of the wall of the colon and caecum; contrast-enhanced US (CEUS) and elastography showed increased, heterogeneous vascularization and non-uniform stiffness of the colonic wall. The mucosa was thickened, fragile, and ulcerated as revealed by endoscopy, and histological examination confirmed the suspicion of granulomatous colitis.

Keywords: CEUS; colon; dog; histiocytic ulcerative colitis; ultrasound.

Publication types

Case Reports