Oesophageal disease in 33 cats

Abstract

A retrospective study was performed to investigate the frequency of identification and characteristics of oesophageal disease in cats, including assessment of the utility of diagnostic techniques and clinical outcome. Thirty-three cats met the inclusion criteria, giving an in-clinic frequency of 33/2894 (approximately 1%) of feline referral cases. Vomiting and/or regurgitation were the most common presenting signs described, although a number of cats (6/33) showed neither. Useful diagnostic modalities included plain radiography, fluoroscopy, barium radiography and endoscopy. A wide range of diseases was reported including congenital disease, oesophagitis, foreign body obstruction, neoplasia, extraluminal compression and hypomotility disorder. Five of six cats with acquired oesophageal strictures had recently received doxycycline per os.

Esophageal stricture caused by rib osteoma in a cat: case report

“…2,4 However, in the present case, an osteoma arising from the second rib was compressing the esophagus, thereby causing esophageal obstruction and dilation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a rib osteoma causing an esophageal obstruction.…”

“…2,4 In the present case, the cat initially regurgitated dry food and then progressed to severe dysphagia of liquid meals and even saliva within a year. This was probably due to mass growth and subsequent esophageal compression.…”

“…Useful diagnostic modalities for esophageal disease included plain radiography, fluoroscopy, barium radiography, computed tomography (CT) and an endoscopy. 1,2 …”

Gastrointestinal endoscopy in the cat

“…A swallow study (fluoroscopy) is needed to diagnose functional oesophageal motility problems, which can occur in cases of dysautonomia or dystrophic myopathy, or may be idiopathic. 2 If the problem cannot be diagnosed by these various means, endoscopy may be indicated and is the only modality that will diagnose oesophagitis.…”

Intermittent Gastroesophageal Intussusception in a Kitten Resolved with a Percutaneous Gastropexy

“…Until 2014, only three case studies on esophageal diseases were published, describing esophageal dysmotility due to different origins as the principal pathology [1][2][3]; however, none of these studies refers to a gastroesophageal intussusception (GEI), a rare pathology characterized by an invagination of the stomach into the lumen caudal to the thoracic esophagus [4][5][6][7][8].…”