Today’s case is a 13-year-old male neutered domestic longhaired cat with vomiting and panting for one day. What are your findings?
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Today’s case is a 13-year-old male neutered domestic longhaired cat with vomiting and panting for one day. What are your findings?
The liver and spleen are normal in size and shape. The stomach is markedly distended with granular contents that fill the gastric lumen on all projections. The peritoneal detail is good. The small intestine is mildly gas filled in some regions however appears normal in diameter. The colon contains some fecal material. The kidneys and urinary bladder are normal.
Gastric foreign material.
A gastric foreign body (trichobezoar) was removed via gastrotomy.
hello Allison, I have a question related to this case. More easy to see, to my impression, at the left lateral view, between the area of gastric pylorus and the intestinal segments I can see a triangular shape area of increased opacity. This could correspond with a reactive pancreas if we consider that the cat is vomiting he could have mild pancreatitis, isn’t it?
I think you might be looking at some empty small intestinal loops on the left lateral projection. In general, cats with pancreatitis don’t develop the severe steatitis that we see in dogs that causes decreased peritoneal detail. We usually need ultrasound to detect pancreatic changes in cats.