Surgical treatment of a thoracic oesophageal duplication cyst causing recurrent dysphagia in an adult dog

Abstract

A 7-year-old intact male Rottweiler dog was evaluated for recurrent dysphagia and regurgitation. Physical examination was unremarkable and routine blood works were within normal limits. Computed tomography revealed a defined lesion in the caudal mediastinum arising from the oesophagus. The lesion was excised using intercostal thoracotomy and the histological diagnosis was oesophageal duplication cyst. The dog recovered uneventfully and at a 3-year follow-up no clinical signs were reported. Although extremely rare, oesophageal duplication cysts should be considered in the differential diagnosis in cases of chronic regurgitation and dysphagia associated with evidence of an oesophageal lesion.

Duplication Cysts in the Oesophagus and Pylorus of a Juvenile Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus): A Case Report

“…1 Anatomical location and size of duplication cysts determines the associated clinical signs, if any occur. Oesophageal duplication cysts have been reported in humans, 2 domestic species [3][4][5][6][7][8] and in a cynomolgus macaque. 9 Dysphagia and regurgitation are the most frequent clinical signs associated with oesophageal duplication cysts in humans and nonhuman species.…”

“…9 Dysphagia and regurgitation are the most frequent clinical signs associated with oesophageal duplication cysts in humans and nonhuman species. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Pyloric duplication cysts have been reported in humans but to the authors' knowledge, not yet in other species. Persistent vomiting is the most frequent clinical sign associated with pyloric duplication cysts and other duplication cysts near the pylorus in humans due to gastric outflow obstruction.…”