Isolated abdominal fat tissue inflammation and necrosis in a cat.
This report describes a rare clinical case of a 4.5-month-old, female domestic shorthair, cat with isolated abdominal fat tissue inflammation and necrosis, resembling human omental panniculitis. Its possible relationship with pancreatitis or bile induced chemical peritonitis is also discussed. The overall clinical course was considered benign. Initial clinical signs were vomiting and anorexia, presumably due to inflammation, followed by mass development. It was speculated that, eventually, the kitten was vomiting because of mechanical pressure from the mass, and that this pressure subsided as the kitten grew. The mass was surgically resected and no relapse was evident during the next 4 years.
Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 11 St Voutyra Street, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece. kadamama@vet.auth.gr <kadamama@vet.auth.gr>
Katerina K
KK
Adamama-Moraitou
Nikitas N
NN
Prassinos
Apostolos D
AD
Galatos
Dimitris K
DK
Tontis
Tim S
TS
Rallis
D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome