Ultrasonographic diagnosis of a fibrinonecrotic colonic cast in a kitten with feline panleukopenia virus

Lee, H.; Lee, M.; Lee, J.; Kim, H.; Yoon, J.; Choi, Jihye

doi:10.1111/j.1748-5827.2012.01223.x

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“…In a recent case report of an 8-month old kitten with FPV, a multi-layered appearance of the intestine was described representing superimposed wall layers and therefore resembling intussusceptions. However, a few hours after the ultrasonographic examination, the cat defecated a 15 cm-long piece of tissue and the histological examination revealed necrotic and cellular debris, indicating a fibrinonecrotic colonic cast [7][8][9].…”

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Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

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Background Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) is very resistant and highly contagious and infects domestic cats and other felids. FPV is particularly widespread among sheltered cats, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, causing severe gastroenteritis characterized by anorexia, lethargy, fever, dehydration, hemorrhagic diarrhea, and vomiting. There is currently no data on the ultrasonographic features of cats affected with FPV. This case series describes abdominal ultrasonographic findings in shelter cats with naturally-occurring FPV, and assesses whether are associated with clinical and laboratory findings. Cats affected by FPV were enrolled in the study if an abdominal ultrasound was performed within 12 hours of diagnosis. Clinical, laboratory and survival data were collected from medical records. Ultrasonographic examinations were reviewed for gastrointestinal abnormalities and their associations with the above data were explored. Results Twenty-one cats were included. Nine cats (42.9%) died and 12 (57.1%) recovered. Based on ultrasonography, the duodenum and jejunum showed thinning of the mucosal layer in 70.6% and 66.6% of cats, thickening of the muscular layer in 52.9% and 57.1% of cats, and hyperechogenicity of the mucosa in 41.2% and 33.3%. Jejunal hyperechoic mucosal band paralleling the submucosa and irregular luminal surface were both observed in 33.3% of the cats. Survival was positively associated with increased jejunal mucosal echogenicity (P = 0.003) and hyperechoic mucosal band (P = 0.003). Peritoneal free fluid was positively associated with vomiting (P = 0.002). Conclusions This study provides ultrasonographic features of naturally-occurring FPV in cats, which, as expected, are compatible with gastroenteropathy. The most frequent findings were diffuse small intestine mucosal layer thinning, muscular layer thickening and mucosal hyperechogenicity, jejunal hyperechoic mucosal band and irregular luminal surface. Ultrasonographic features may be useful to complete the clinical picture and assess the severity of the gastroenteropathy in FPV cats. Prospective studies are needed to confirm ultrasonographic prognostic factors.

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Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

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“…Conjuntamente, para além dos achados clínicos e laboratoriais, o diagnóstico definitivo foi dado pela identificação do agente por PCR, ELISA e/ou por achados de necrópsia (WOLFESBERGER et al, 2012;MATTES et al, 2013;AREND, 2020;CIRONE et al, 2012;FONSECA, 2019;ISAYA, 2021;CAMERO et al, 2004;LEE et al, 2012;DECARO et al, 2010;BATTILANI et al, 2013).…”

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Achados Laboratoriais Em Felinos Domésticos Com Panleucopenia Felina: Revisão Bibliográfica

Souza¹,

GOMES²,

Santos³

et al. 2022

Pesquisas E Inovações Em Ciências Agrárias: Produções Científicas Multidisciplinares No Século XXI, Volume 1

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A panleucopenia felina é uma doença viral causada por um vírus DNA de fita simples, que necessita de células em divisão para que sua replicação ocorra. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo revisar os principais achados laboratoriais em gatos domésticos com esta patologia. Para isto, foi feito um compilado de 11 relatos de casos, somando-se 135 gatos com diagnóstico confirmado. A leucopenia, neutropenia, trombocitopenia e hipoproteinemia foram os achados mais frequentes. Dados como estes podem auxiliar no diagnóstico da doença associado aos sinais clínicos e à identificação etiológica do agente.

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“…There were 11 intact females (52.4%) and 10 intact males (47.6%) with a median age of 3 months (range: 1. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Twelve (57%) survived and 9 (43%) died.…”

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“…At the author's knowledge, no data is yet available on the ultrasonographic features of cats affected with FPV, especially regarding acute intestinal lesions. In a recent case report of an 8-month old kitten with FPV, multiple hyperechoic and hypoechoic parallel lines within the large intestinal wall, resembling intussusceptions, were described; based on histopathology they were considered fibronecrotic colonic casts [6]. Furthermore, in a cat with mechanical ileus, motility and fluid accumulation proximal to the obstruction site have been observed [7], while in those with functional ileus associated with pancreatitis and abdominal effusion, corrugation of small bowel loops [8] was present.…”

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Gastrointestinal Ultrasonographic Findings In Cats With Feline Panleukopenia Virus: A Case Series

Isaya

Ciccarelli

Enache

et al. 2020

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Background Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) is a very resistant and highly contagious virus that infects domestic cats and other felids. FPV is particularly widespread among sheltered cats, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, causing a severe gastroenteritis characterized by anorexia, lethargy, fever, dehydration, hemorrhagic diarrhea, and vomiting. No data is yet available on the ultrasonographic features of cats affected with FPV. This case series describes abdominal ultrasonographic findings in shelter cats with naturally occurring FPV and assesses if they are associated with clinical and laboratory findings. Cats affected by FPV were enrolled if an abdominal ultrasound was performed within 12 hours from diagnosis. Clinical and laboratory data as well as survival were collected from medical records. Ultrasonographic examinations were reviewed for gastrointestinal abnormalities and their associations with the above variables were explored. Results Twenty-one cats were included. Nine cats (43%) died and 12 (57%) recovered. Based on ultrasonography, duodenum and jejunum had thickening of the muscular layer in 42.8% and 57.1%, hyperechogenicity of the mucosa in 41.2% and 33.3%, respectively. Hyperechoic mucosal band paralleling the submucosa was observed only in the jejunum, in 33.3% of cats. Survival was positively associated with increased jejunal mucosal echogenicity ( P =0.003) and hyperechoic mucosal band ( P =0.003). Peritoneal free fluid was positively associated with vomiting ( P =0.002) and negatively associated with thrombocytopenia ( P =0.005). Conclusion This study provides sonographic features of naturally-occurring FPV cats, that, as expected, are compatible with gastroenteritis; frequent findings were diffuse small intestine muscular layer thickening, hyperechoic mucosal band paralleling the submucosa, and mucosal hyperechogenicity. At diagnosis, some sonographic features may be useful to assess the severity of the disease and survival.

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Ultrasonographic diagnosis of a fibrinonecrotic colonic cast in a kitten with feline panleukopenia virus

Cited by 4 publications

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Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

Achados Laboratoriais Em Felinos Domésticos Com Panleucopenia Felina: Revisão Bibliográfica

Gastrointestinal Ultrasonographic Findings In Cats With Feline Panleukopenia Virus: A Case Series

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