Identificador persistente para citar o vincular este elemento: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/128619
Título: Iatrogenic gas embolism in a juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
Autores/as: Suárez Pérez, Alejandro 
Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio 
Clasificación UNESCO: 3109 Ciencias veterinarias
3207 Patología
Palabras clave: Caretta Caretta
Gas Embolism
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Loggerhead Turtle
Pneumocoelom
Fecha de publicación: 2024
Publicación seriada: Journal of Comparative Pathology 
Resumen: A mild pneumocoelom was diagnosed by computed tomography in a stranded juvenile loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). After gas extraction by ultrasound-guided puncture, the animal did not improve and was subjected to hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). After HBOT, the turtle developed marked subcutaneous emphysema and was found dead the following morning. Gross lesions included a distended right atrium with numerous gas bubbles within the epicardium, gas bubbles in the hepatic, gastric and mesenteric veins, a small gas-filled bulla in the left lung and diffuse haemorrhages in the encephalon. Histological lesions included gas-like emboli in the lumen of the right atrium with myocardial necrosis, gas-like emboli in the lumina of intestinal, pulmonary and renal blood vessels and severe meningeal haemorrhages. From a forensic pathology perspective, the subcutaneous emphysema of immediate onset after HBOT and the greater severity of the histological lesions in blood vessels, heart, lung and brain differentiate this case from other cases of gas embolism in turtles due to incidental capture. Two factors contributed to this outcome: the existence of a probably unresolved pneumocoelom and the application of HBOT without an initial diagnosis that accurately indicated its use. Therefore, as in human medicine, the use of HBOT in sea turtles with lung lesions and pneumocoelom is discouraged. This is the first description of an iatrogenic gas embolism in a sea turtle.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/128619
ISSN: 0021-9975
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.12.002
Fuente: Journal of Comparative Pathology[ISSN 0021-9975],v. 208, p. 50-53, (Enero 2024)
Colección:Artículos
Vista completa

Visitas

50
actualizado el 31-ago-2024

Google ScholarTM

Verifica

Altmetric


Comparte



Exporta metadatos



Los elementos en ULPGC accedaCRIS están protegidos por derechos de autor con todos los derechos reservados, a menos que se indique lo contrario.