title: [Tumors of the exocrine pancreas in the cat].
abstract: Five cases of carcinoma and one case of lymphosarcoma of the pancreas in cats are reported. Duration of clinical signs ranged between three days and ten weeks, the mean age was 10.2 years. Anorexia, depression, and cachexia were the mean symptoms, in four animals a palpable mass in the cranial abdomen was noted. Laboratory evaluation was unspecific, in all cases diagnosis was performed by necropsy. Further diagnostical and therapeutical possibilities are discussed critically.
authors.affiliation: I. Medizinischen Tierklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Münster
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reusch
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases; D002415:Cats; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary*
vernacular_title: Tumoren des exokrinen Pankreas der Katze.