Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with chronic vomiting found to have spontaneous linear stomach
By Gualtieri, M et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2015·Department of Health, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spontaneaous linear gastric tears in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
An 11-year-old female cat was brought in for chronic vomiting, which means she was throwing up frequently. After examining her stomach with a camera (endoscopy), the vet found some unusual tears in her stomach lining caused by a Helicobacter pylori infection, which is a type of bacteria. The vet treated her with medication, and she fully recovered, with no more vomiting. This case is notable because spontaneous linear gastric tears like this are rarely seen in pets.
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Abstract
An 11-year-old female cat presented for chronic vomiting. Endoscopy revealed an altered gastric mucosa and spontaneous formation of linear gastric tears during normal organ insufflations. The histopathological diagnosis was atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection. Medical treatment permitted a complete resolution of clinical signs. The linear tears observed resembled gastric lesions rarely reported in humans, called "Mallory-Weiss syndrome". To the authors' knowledge this is the first report of spontaneous linear gastric tears in animals.
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