gastroesophageal intussusception in a domestic short-hair cat

Authors

m. abbaszadeh hasiri

a. shojaee tabrizi

m. s. ahrari khafi

abstract

a 4-month-old, intact male domestic short-hair cat was presented to veterinary hospital with an acuteonset of regurgitation and respiratory distress. thoracic and abdominal radiographs identified a massconsisted of a heterogeneous mixture of soft tissue and gas densities between heart and craniodorsal part of the diaphragm that was shifted to the left. the stomach could not be seen clearly. radiographic signssuggested a tentative diagnosis of gastroesophageal intussusception (gei). esophagoscopy revealed gastricmucosa in the lumen of the esophagus, and a diagnosis of gei was made. the gei was manually reduced by use of insertion tube of scope. ten days later, the case was euthanized because of gei recurrence andaspiration pneumonia. gastroesophageal intussusception is a rare condition in cats. this case report showsthat gastropexy along with manual reduction of gei is essential for prevention of recurrence and reduction ofmortality.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of veterinary research

Publisher: shiraz university

ISSN 1728-1997

volume 14

issue 4 2013

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