Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Enterolithiasis in a cat.
- Journal:
- Journal of feline medicine and surgery
- Year:
- 2006
- Authors:
- Yuki, Masashi et al.
- Affiliation:
- Yuki Animal Hospital · Japan
- Species:
- cat
Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old female Persian cat was taken to the vet because she had been vomiting for a long time. After some tests, the vet found that she had foreign objects in her intestines, which were causing a blockage, along with some other issues like kidney problems and anemia. During surgery, the vet discovered that her intestines were swollen and narrowed, and they removed the foreign objects and fixed the affected areas. The objects turned out to be made of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate, possibly from cat litter or a past surgery. Fortunately, the cat recovered well after the surgery.
Abstract
An 8-year-old female Persian cat was brought in for evaluation of chronic vomiting. The presence of opaque enteric foreign bodies and intestinal obstruction along with azotaemia, hyperphosphataemia, moderate anaemia and peritoneal fluid were revealed following appropriate diagnostic work-up. Exploratory laparotomy confirmed jejunoileal dilation, ileocaecal stenosis, and numerous foreign objects in the jejunoileum. These foreign objects and ileocaecal stenosis were surgically removed, and intestinal resection and anastomosis was performed. The patient recovered favourably. Analysis revealed that the foreign objects were composed of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. Intestinal inflammation and stenosis secondary to enterolithiasis may have developed following ingestion of cat litter or a previous unrelated surgical intervention. We were unable to delineate the inciting pathogenesis in this particular case.
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