Case Report

Duodenal peripapillary adenocarcinoma causing extrahepatic biliary obstruction and icterus in a cat

Authors
  • T. Rick
  • E. Stock
  • I. Van de Maele
  • E. Kammergruber
  • J. Saunders

Abstract

A six-year-old, female, neutered domestic shorthair cat was presented with chronic weight loss and a two-day history of partial anorexia and lethargy. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed a regional thickening of the duodenal wall with loss of normal layering, a normally walled segmentally dilated distal aspect of the common bile duct containing slightly hyperechoic bile, and a mild to moderately enlarged major duodenal papilla. Based on the ultrasound examination, the primary differential diagnosis was a peripapillary duodenal neoplastic or less likely, an inflammatory or infectious process with secondary extrahepatic biliary obstruction. Postmortem examination revealed a duodenal, peripapillary adenocarcinoma with metastasis into the liver and lymph nodes, and external compressive obstruction of cystic- and common bile duct.

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Rick, T. & Stock, E. & Van de Maele, I. & Kammergruber, E. & Saunders, J., (2020) “Duodenal peripapillary adenocarcinoma causing extrahepatic biliary obstruction and icterus in a cat”, Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift 89(5), 273-277. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/vdt.v89i5.16954

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Published on
29 Oct 2020
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