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Abstract：
BACKGROUND: Uroperitoneum is a typical disease of the newborn foal, which occurs rarely but regularly. Ultrasonography is considered the most important imaging method for diagnosing this disease. Thus far, only one older case series comprising 31 foals suffering from uroperitoneum has systematically listed results of ultrasound examinations.
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the findings of an ultrasonographic examination of 34 foals with uroperitoneum in order to inform future interpretation of ultrasonographic data in suspected uroperitoneum cases.
METHODS: Ultrasonographic data of 34 neonatal foals up to the age of 14 days diagnosed with uroperitoneum between 2006 and 2022 were analysed.
RESULTS: Most foals demonstrated highly increased levels of free (97%), anechogenic (91%) fluid in the abdomen. Although the urinary bladder was frequently visible (50%), bladder wall discontinuity was only occasionally detectable (18%).
CONCLUSIONS: Transabdominal ultrasonography has proved to be a very reliable imaging method for diagnosing suspected uroperitoneum. It is recommended that it be used in every case of suspected uroperitoneum in order to exclude differential diagnoses.
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the findings of an ultrasonographic examination of 34 foals with uroperitoneum in order to inform future interpretation of ultrasonographic data in suspected uroperitoneum cases.
METHODS: Ultrasonographic data of 34 neonatal foals up to the age of 14 days diagnosed with uroperitoneum between 2006 and 2022 were analysed.
RESULTS: Most foals demonstrated highly increased levels of free (97%), anechogenic (91%) fluid in the abdomen. Although the urinary bladder was frequently visible (50%), bladder wall discontinuity was only occasionally detectable (18%).
CONCLUSIONS: Transabdominal ultrasonography has proved to be a very reliable imaging method for diagnosing suspected uroperitoneum. It is recommended that it be used in every case of suspected uroperitoneum in order to exclude differential diagnoses.
摘要：
背景：腹膜是新生小马驹的典型疾病，这种情况很少但经常发生。超声检查被认为是诊断该疾病的最重要的成像方法。到目前为止,只有一个由31只患有尿腹膜的小马驹组成的较旧病例系列系统地列出了超声检查的结果。
目的：本文介绍了34只有尿腹膜的小马驹的超声检查结果，以便将来对可疑的尿腹膜病例的超声检查数据进行解释。
方法：分析了2006年至2022年间34只被诊断为尿路腹膜的14日龄新生马驹的超声图像数据。
结果：大多数小马驹表现出高度增加的游离水平（97％），腹部无回声（91％）的液体。尽管膀胱经常可见（50％），膀胱壁不连续性仅偶尔可检测到(18%).
结论：经腹部超声检查已被证明是诊断可疑尿腹膜的非常可靠的成像方法。建议在可疑的尿腹膜病例中使用，以排除鉴别诊断。
目的：本文介绍了34只有尿腹膜的小马驹的超声检查结果，以便将来对可疑的尿腹膜病例的超声检查数据进行解释。
方法：分析了2006年至2022年间34只被诊断为尿路腹膜的14日龄新生马驹的超声图像数据。
结果：大多数小马驹表现出高度增加的游离水平（97％），腹部无回声（91％）的液体。尽管膀胱经常可见（50％），膀胱壁不连续性仅偶尔可检测到(18%).
结论：经腹部超声检查已被证明是诊断可疑尿腹膜的非常可靠的成像方法。建议在可疑的尿腹膜病例中使用，以排除鉴别诊断。
