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''Case 1 - Courtesy of A. Antonczyk''
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===Signalment===
 
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*Abdominal distension noticed by the owner developing over the previous week
 
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==Imaging==
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*Ultrasound
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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==
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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 14:11, 3 December 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


What next?

  • What would you do now?
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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