title: Enterolithiasis in a cat.
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.
authors.affiliation: Yuki Animal Hospital, Nagoya 455-0021, Japan. yuki-masashi@mvf.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuki
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Kuniaki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Naohito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishii
authors.forename: Kiyomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007813:Laparotomy; D020347:Lithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*