Cat ascites


  • 12 year old cat
  • Vomiting, inappetance
  • I think there is chronic gallbladder/pancreas disease and cystic liver masses
  • Now with lymphadenopathy, effusion (blood tinged) and nodular omentum, splenomegaly
  • Neoplasia vs severe inflammation, cytology of lymph nodes, spleen and fluid pending
  • Can you see where this may have originated from?

One response to “Cat ascites”

  1. With the pancreatic nodules

    With the pancreatic nodules and LNs with free fluid andnodular iomentum I’d be very concerned for carcinomatosis or lymphomatosis. Needs fna in the undifferentiated hypoechoic tissue and cytospin and immediate slide prep of the fluid. The fluid in these cases usually is secondary to lymphatic obstruction + inflammation.

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