Case Briefs

A Sewing Needle That Became a Dangerous Mouth Foreign Body Sharp foreign bodies such as sewing needles can cause serious injury when chewed or swallowed by cats. In this case, diagnostic radiographs identified a metallic needle lodged within the oral–pharyngeal region, with an attached length of thread. The...

A “Pana” Injury That Required Surgical Removal Penetrating injuries caused by improvised projectiles can produce considerably more tissue damage than what is visible at the skin surface. In this case, a locally known “pana” became deeply embedded in the dog’s soft tissues and required controlled surgical...

When Rough Play Leads to an Infected Ear Wound A traumatic injury to the pinna, or external ear flap, can initially appear minor but may progress when bacteria enter through damaged skin. In this case, an ear wound sustained during a household scuffle developed into a localized auricular abscess—a pocket...

Not Every Enlarged Abdomen Is Pyometra Abdominal distension in dogs can result from several conditions, including organ enlargement, fluid accumulation, pregnancy, uterine disease, or an intra-abdominal mass. Although the radiographic appearance in this patient initially resembled an enlarged tubular...

Shoelace Removed from the Stomach Before It Caused More Damage Linear foreign bodies are a common gastrointestinal emergency in cats, particularly when string-like materials such as shoelaces, yarn, ribbon, or thread are ingested. Because these objects can become anchored within the gastrointestinal...

Toe Tumor Removed to Improve Comfort and Function Digital carcinoma is a malignant neoplastic condition affecting the tissues of the digit. In canine patients, these lesions may present as progressive swelling, deformity, pain, nail-bed disruption, lameness, or a persistent mass involving the toe. Because...

A Hidden Testicle That Became a Groin Mass Cryptorchidism is a developmental condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend normally into the scrotum. In this patient, the retained testicle was located in the inguinal region and had become markedly enlarged, presenting externally as a prominent...