Gall bladder mucocele

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VeDDRA Code: 2627

64 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

64
Total Reports
26
Deaths
4060.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 64

Breeds Most Affected

Spitz - German Pomeranian 5
Chihuahua 4
Bichon Frise 4
Terrier - Yorkshire 3
Havanese 3
Terrier (unspecified) 3
Spaniel (unspecified) 3
Shih Tzu 3
Maltese 2
Poodle - Miniature 2

Associated Drugs

Trilostane 40
Gabapentin 8
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 8
Bedinvetmab 8
Carprofen 7
Maropitant Citrate 6
Grapiprant 6
Oclacitinib Maleate 5
Levothyroxine 5
Pimobendan 5
Insulin Injectable Vial 3
Prednisone 3
Metronidazole 3
Furosemide 3
Enrofloxacin 3
Methadone 3
Ondansetron 3
Phenylpropanolamine 3
Moxidectin 2
Enalapril 2

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 64
Reports with fatal outcome 26
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 4060.0%
Species observed 1
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 2627.

Gall bladder mucocele Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 64 adverse event reports that reference Gall bladder mucocele as a reaction term, including 26 reports with a death outcome — a 4060.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 2627, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Gall bladder mucocele appears most frequently in reports for Dog (64 reports) — with Dog dominating at 64 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Spitz - German Pomeranian (5), Chihuahua (4), Bichon Frise (4). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Gall bladder mucocele are Trilostane (40 reports), Gabapentin (8 reports), Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew (8 reports), Bedinvetmab (8 reports), with Trilostane appearing alongside this reaction in 40 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial