Hepatic encephalopathy associated with extensive hepatic diaphragmatic herniation in an adult horse
Markyson Tavares Linhares, Isabelle Vieira de Sousa, Lilian Rayanne de Castro Eloy, José Machado de Oliveira Neto, Luis Jhordy Alfaro Quillas, Daniel Guimarães Ubiali, Lucas Rannier Ribeiro Antonino Carvalho, Ricardo Barbosa Lucena · 2026
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Description
Linhares and colleagues published a 2026 veterinary case report on a horse with brain signs. Diaphragmatic hernia, a tear letting belly organs slip into the chest, is rare in horses. It usually shows as colic pain rather than brain trouble. Their patient, a five-year-old stallion, arrived with worsening confusion and wobbling.
Blood tests showed severe liver failure, and the horse died within 12 hours. A post-mortem exam found three liver lobes trapped through the diaphragm tear. The trapped liver tissue had withered, bled, and scarred over a long period. Brain tissue checks confirmed liver-driven brain damage as the final cause. The case warns vets to weigh hernia when liver and brain signs mix. Necropsy, the animal form of autopsy, proved key to solving this case.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Markyson Tavares Linhares, Isabelle Vieira de Sousa, Lilian Rayanne de Castro Eloy, José Machado de Oliveira Neto, Luis Jhordy Alfaro Quillas, Daniel Guimarães Ubiali, Lucas Rannier Ribeiro Antonino Carvalho, Ricardo Barbosa Lucena |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |