Triaditis: Truth and Consequences

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2020 Sep;50(5):1135-1156. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jul 15.

Abstract

Clinical findings with triaditis and individual disease components overlap and may include hyporexia, weight loss, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, icterus, abdominal pain, thickened bowel loops, pyrexia, dyspnea, and shock. A definitive diagnosis of triaditis requires histologic confirmation of inflammation in each organ, but this may not be possible because of financial or patient-related constraints. Evidence-based data indicate that histologic lesions of triaditis are present in 30% to 50% of cats diagnosed with pancreatitis and cholangitis/inflammatory liver disease. Treatment of triaditis is based on the overall health status of the patient and the type and severity of disease in component organs.

Keywords: Cat; Cholangitis; Histopathologic; Inflammatory bowel disease; Pancreatitis; Prognosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cats
  • Cholangitis / complications
  • Cholangitis / diagnosis
  • Cholangitis / veterinary
  • Inflammation / diagnosis
  • Inflammation / veterinary*
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / complications
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / diagnosis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / veterinary
  • Pancreatitis / complications
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis
  • Pancreatitis / veterinary