Gastric gnathostomiasis in a cat.
A mass found in the stomach of a 10-year old cat contained a female worm of the genus Gnathostoma. The mass was described as a muscular pseudogranuloma induced by the worm. Although the worm species could not be ascertained, it was concluded that the cat served as an aberrant host for a Gnathostoma sp that usually infects wild mammals in the area.
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*