Comparison of endoscopic and full-thickness biopsy specimens for diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and alimentary tract lymphoma in cats.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of endoscopic biopsy (EB) specimens for diagnosis of alimentary tract lymphosarcoma in cats.

Design: Prospective study.

Animals: 22 cats with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or alimentary tract lymphosarcoma.

Esophageal and gastric feeding tubes in ICU patients.

Providing nutrition to critically ill patients is important to the healing process. This article will focus on selection and placement of nasoesophageal, nasogastic, esophagostomy, and gastrostomy tubes. Advantages and disadvantages of these tubes will be discussed, as well detailed instructions on the placement of the aforementioned tubes.

Diagnosis and management of reflux esophagitis.

Esophagitis has generally been considered rare in dogs and cats. However, it may not be as uncommon as previously thought due to the increased awareness of the disease and the increasing availability of endoscopy. Esophagitis can be caused by gastroesophageal reflux, trauma, foreign bodies, ingestion of caustic substances, structural abnormalities (ie, hiatal hernia, neoplasms), and chronic vomiting.

Feline esophagitis secondary to gastroesophageal reflux disease: clinical signs and radiographic, endoscopic, and histopathological findings.

Chronic esophagitis due to gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is rarely reported in the cat. This paper describes the clinical signs and diagnostic findings, including radiographic, endoscopic, and histopathological abnormalities, in three young, purebred, male cats with esophagitis presumed to be secondary to GER. Clinical signs included regurgitation, dysphagia, and weight loss.