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Spontaneaous linear gastric tears in a cat
Author(s) -
Gualtieri M.,
Olivero D.,
Costa Devoti C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/jsap.12335
Subject(s) - medicine , tears , gastritis , helicobacter pylori , gastroenterology , vomiting , atrophic gastritis , endoscopy , gastric mucosa , stomach , pathology , surgery
An 11‐year‐old female cat presented for chronic vomiting. Endoscopy revealed an altered gastric mucosa and spontaneous formation of linear gastric tears during normal organ insufflations. The histopathological diagnosis was atrophic gastritis with Helicobacter pylori infection. Medical treatment permitted a complete resolution of clinical signs. The linear tears observed resembled gastric lesions rarely reported in humans, called “Mallory‐Weiss syndrome”. To the authors’ knowledge this is the first report of spontaneous linear gastric tears in animals.