Metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma with osseous metaplasia in two Domestic Korean Shorthair cats
- Author:
Jae-Ha JUNG
1
;
Na-Yon KIM
;
Yeseul YANG
;
Dansong SEO
;
Goeun CHOI
;
Hyunki HONG
;
Taeseong MOON
;
Hyeong-Mok KIM
;
Jihee HAN
;
Jihee HONG
;
Yongbaek KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Journal of Veterinary Science 2023;24(5):e64-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Two Domestic Korean Shorthair cats presented with dyschezia and vomiting. Computed tomography revealed a colonic mass with calcification and lymph node metastasis in case 1, and a small intestinal mass with disseminated mesenteric metastasis and calcification in case 2. Histopathology revealed intestinal adenocarcinoma with osseous metaplasia. Case 1 died two months after surgery from distant metastasis; and case 2 showed no metastasis for five months but presented with anorexia, euthanized seven months after diagnosis. Metastatic intestinal adenocarcinoma with bone formation should be considered as differential diagnosis for calcification on imaging, and lymph node metastasis at diagnosis may indicate poor prognosis.
