title: Subclinical intestinal duplication in a cat.
abstract: An abdominal mass was identified upon palpation of the abdomen in a normal, asymptomatic, 1-year-old female domestic shorthair cat presented for elective ovariohysterectomy. Radiographic and ultrasound examinations demonstrated a well-circumscribed caudal abdominal mass. Ultrasound guided needle aspiration cytology was consistent with an accumulation of squamous epithelial cells. The mass was associated with the jejunum and was excised via resection anastomosis of the intestinal segment after ovariohysterectomy. Histologic examination provided the diagnosis of an intestinal duplication lined with epithelium typical of that in the esophagus. The cat recovered without complications.
authors.affiliation: Kansas State University, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1800 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66506-5606, USA. radlinsk@vet.uga.edu
authors.forename: Mary Ann G
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Radlinsky
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Biller
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nietfeld
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Enwiller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome