title: Ultrasonographic thickening of the muscularis propria in feline small intestinal small cell T-cell lymphoma and inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: Gastrointestinal lymphoma is the most common form of lymphoma in the cat. More recently, an ultrasonographic pattern associated with feline small cell T-cell gastrointestinal lymphoma has been recognized as a diffuse thickening of the muscularis propria of the small intestine. This pattern is also described with feline inflammatory bowel disease. To evaluate the similarities between the diseases, we quantified the thickness of the muscularis propria layer in the duodenum, jejunum and ileum of 14 cats affected by small cell T-cell lymphoma and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and 19 healthy cats. We found a significantly increased thickness of the muscularis propria in cats with lymphoma and IBD compared with healthy cats. The mean thickness of the muscularis propria in cats with lymphoma or IBD was twice the thickness of that of healthy cats, and was the major contributor to significant overall bowel wall thickening in the duodenum and jejunum. A muscularis to submucosa ratio >1 is indicative of an abnormal bowel segment. Colic lymph nodes in cats with lymphoma were increased in size compared with healthy cats. In cats with gastrointestinal lymphoma and histologic transmural infiltration of the small intestines, colic or jejunal lymph nodes were rounded, increased in size and hypoechoic.
authors.affiliation: 1William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lise A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Daniaux
authors.forename: Michele P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Laurenson
authors.forename: Stanley L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Peter F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Rachel X
authors.initials: RX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Allison L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Zwingenberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology*; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
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