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''Case 1 - Courtesy of A. Antonczyk''
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Case 1 - Courtesy of A. Antonczyk
  
===Signalment===
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==Signalment==
  
 
*DSH cat  
 
*DSH cat  
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*14 year old  
 
*14 year old  
  
===History===
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==History==
  
 
*Abdominal distension noticed by the owner developing over the previous week
 
*Abdominal distension noticed by the owner developing over the previous week
  
===What next?===
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==Imaging==
  
*What would you do now?
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*Ultrasound
*Click [[Alimentary Case 1 Ultrasound|here]] to see what the vet did.
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**Confirmed the presence of fluid
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**Scan of the liver made a tumour affecting the liver very likely
  
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==Haematology/Biochemistry==
  
[[Category:Lost]]
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==Gross Pathology==
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==Histopathology==
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==Diagnosis==
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*Hepatocellular carcinoma of the liver
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*Extension to the mesenteric lymph nodes and pancreatic lymph nodes

Revision as of 15:56, 29 November 2007

BACK TO ALIMENTARY CASES

Case 1 - Courtesy of A. Antonczyk

Signalment

  • DSH cat
  • Male neutered
  • 14 year old

History

  • Abdominal distension noticed by the owner developing over the previous week

Imaging

  • Ultrasound
    • Confirmed the presence of fluid
    • Scan of the liver made a tumour affecting the liver very likely

Haematology/Biochemistry

Gross Pathology

Histopathology

Diagnosis

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma of the liver
  • Extension to the mesenteric lymph nodes and pancreatic lymph nodes