Enterolithiasis in a cat

J Feline Med Surg. 2006 Oct;8(5):349-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.03.004. Epub 2006 Jun 9.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bezoars / complications
  • Bezoars / surgery
  • Bezoars / veterinary*
  • Cat Diseases / etiology
  • Cat Diseases / pathology
  • Cat Diseases / surgery*
  • Cats
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / surgery
  • Foreign-Body Reaction / veterinary*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Intestinal Obstruction / veterinary*
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery
  • Jejunal Diseases / veterinary*
  • Laparotomy
  • Lithiasis / complications
  • Lithiasis / surgery
  • Lithiasis / veterinary*