A Case of Ventral Abdominal Hernia Associated with an Ectopic Egg in an Albino Budgerigar and Evaluation by Infrared Thermography

A four-year-old albino budgerigar was presented to Department of Wild Animal Diseases and Ecology clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, with complaints of abdominal swelling. An ectopic egg and abdominal hernia were diagnosed as a result of radiographic evaluation, and then the hairless, swollen abdominal surface area was evaluated by infrared thermography. In a budgerigar, an abdominal hernia case with ectopic egg was presented for the fi rst time and evaluated for the fi rst time by thermography. In thermographic imaging, the maximum temperature was obtained from the skin surface area on the right side of the hernia sac corresponding to the area where the egg was found on the radiograph. It is thought that heat increase has occurred due to infl ammatory fi brin formation process around the ectopic egg. Clinical parameters of the patient were in normal range so the surgical operation was successfully performed under general anesthesia, and the ectopic egg was removed and the abdominal hernia was repaired.

Bir Albino Muhabbet Kuşunda Ektopik Yumurta İle İlişkili Ventral Abdominal Fıtık Olgusu ve Kızılötesi Termografi İle Değerlendirilmesi

Dört yaşındaki albino muhabbet kuşu, İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Veteriner Fakültesi Yabani Hayvan Hastalıkları ve Ekoloji Anabilim Dalı kliniğine karın şişliği şikayeti ile getirildi. Radyografik değerlendirme sonucu ektopik yumurta ve ventral abdominal fıtık varlığı teşhis edildi ve daha sonra kızılötesi termografi ile tüysüz, şişmiş karın yüzeyi değerlendirildi. Muhabbet kuşunda, ektopik yumurta ile birlikte görülen abdominal fıtık olgusu ilk kez sunuldu ve termografi ile ilk kez değerlendirildi. Termografik görüntülemede, yumurtanın röntgende bulunduğu alana karşılık gelen, fıtık kesesinin sağ tarafındaki deri bölgesi yüzeyinden maksimum sıcaklık elde edildi. Ektopik yumurta çevresindeki enfl amatuar fibrin oluşum süreci nedeniyle ısı artışının meydana geldiği düşünülmektedir. Hastanın klinik parametreleri normaldi, bu nedenle cerrahi operasyon genel anestezi altında başarıyla uygulandı, ektopik yumurta uzaklaştırıldı ve karın fıtığı onarıldı.

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