PMC4663805_01
Right ventro-lateral abdomen of calf illustrating duodenal fistula. Note the ingesta passing from the canter of the fistula.
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F1
An eight month old graded buffalo heifer calf weighing about 60 kg was presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology with a 10 day history of leakage of green coloured digesta from right lateral abdomen (Fig. 1).
Ultrasonographic view of the abdomen (Curvilinear probe, 3.5 MHz, Probe placed at area dorsal to the wound at ventro lateral abdomen in transverse plane). Observe discontinuity in muscle wall.
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F2
Ultrasonographic examination revealed discontinuity in the abdominal muscle layers and subcutaneous herniation of the viscera (Fig. 2).