Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with multiple cystic intestinal duplications causing vomiting
By Kershaw, O et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·2008·Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Multiple cystic intestinal duplications in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old female European shorthair cat was brought in for recurrent vomiting and found to have a 2-cm cystic mass in her intestines. Further examination revealed three cystic structures in the intestinal wall, which were causing her symptoms. The diagnosis was multiple cystic duplications, a rare condition not previously documented in veterinary literature. Treatment details were not specified, but identifying the issue is the first step in managing her health.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old, female European shorthair cat with a history of recurrent vomiting had a 2-cm cystic mass in the midjejunum. Cross-sectioning and histology revealed 3 separate cystic structures in the muscular layer, in addition to a regularly structured intestinal lumen. One cyst had a 3-layered wall consisting of a dysplastic mucosa, a regularly structured submucosa, and partly double-layered muscularis that sporadically contained neurons resembling a myenteric plexus. The remaining 2 cysts had similar structures except for granulation tissue lining the lumen. The lesion was diagnosed as multiple cystic duplications in the midjejunum, which is unknown to the veterinary literature to date.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18424831/