Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Siamese cat with bile duct cancer spreading to organs
By O. Aslan et al.·Published in Veterinární Medicína·2014·Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri,Turkey, CZ·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Cholangiocarcinoma of intrahepatic bile ducts with disseminated metastases in a Siamese cat: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old female Siamese cat was brought to the vet because she was not eating, was vomiting, and had lost weight. During the examination, the vet found multiple tumors in her liver, lungs, and abdomen. Unfortunately, the owner decided to euthanize her due to the severity of her condition. A necropsy revealed that the main tumor was in the liver and had spread to other areas, including the lymph nodes and colon. This case highlights a rare type of liver cancer in cats that can spread to the colon.
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Abstract
This case report concerns a four-year-old female Siamese cat which presented with inappetence, vomiting and weight loss. During routine clinical examinations of the patient, numerous neoplastic masses were detected in the liver, lungs and abdomen. Upon a request from the owner, the cat was euthanised. At necropsy, the primary tumour was detected in the liver. The tumour was greyish-white, firm, and multi-nodular. There were metastases in the portal lymph nodes, diaphragm, omentum, colon, caecum and lungs. Histologically, the tumour was characterised by a tubular pattern with periodic acid-Schiff- positive secretory material in glandular and canal structures. The neoplastic cells were positive to broad-spectrum cytokeratin. Histochemical and immunohistochemical stains were consistent with an intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma. This is the first case to report the metastasis of a cholangiocellular carcinoma to the colon in cats.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.17221/7624-VETMED