C15 pt 2 Flashcards
neoplasia of stomach and intestines
> does behaviour depends on where tumours are found?
o Behaviour of similar tumours is the same regardless of where they arise (anatomical modifiers like ‘gastric’ or ‘colonic’ are only used to describe the tumour and have no prognostic significance)
neoplasia of stomach and intestines
- are they common sites for neoplasia
- malignancy, in general?
- what is a particularly malignant type in all species?
- Both are an uncommon site of neoplasia but still regularly seen as biopsy submissions
o Most stomach and intestinal tumours are malignant
o Usually carcinomas (but lymphoma is also common)
o Scirrhous adenocarcinomas in all species are highly malignant
Non-neoplastic lumps and bumps of the stomach and intestines
- prominent structure in young animals, inflamed intestines
Peyer’s patches very prominent in young animals and inflamed intestines
Non-neoplastic lumps and bumps
> Adenomatous hyperplasia/papillary adenoma/polyps of the intestine / stomach
- what are these
- usually hyperplastic except for what kind?
- common where in dogs?
- cause in small ruminants?
- cat signalment? signs and Tx?
o Projections of surface epithelium anywhere in the GI tract
o Usually hyperplastic except rectal polyps in dogs (look for invasion)
o Most common in the distal rectum of middle aged dogs (rectal papillary adenoma),
usually single, excision is curative, can prolapse
o Can form in lambs and goats with chronic coccidiosis
o Also reported in middle-aged male Asian cat breeds (Siamese, etc), usually present
with vomiting/hematemesis, excision is curative
the most common GI neoplasm in domestic animals
- Lymphoma
Lymphoma, GI
- how common
- types / distribution
- spread?
- looks like what?
- Lymphoma: the most common GI neoplasm in domestic animals
o Can be primary or part of multicentric lymphoma, segmental or diffuse
o Usually only spreads from gut to lymph nodes and/or liver (portal tracts)
o Can be hard to distinguish from inflammatory bowel disease
GI Lymphoma
Dogs - location, signs, cell type
mostly SI, vague clinical signs, usually T cell
GI Lymphoma
Cats - subtypes
> what are they
> cell type
> clinical course
> age group
> notes
Small cell villus:
- T cell
- long clinical course
- old cats
- Patchy (unlike IBD), microscopic infiltrates in other organs but no associated clinical signs
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Large cell lymphoblastic:
- B cell
- rapid clinical course
- old cats
- Palpable masses, similar appearance to canine GI lymphoma
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Large granular cell:
- T cell or NK cells
- rapid clinical course
- old cats
- Distinctive large red cytoplasmic granules, disseminate and may perforate intestine
GI lymphoma in horses
- common?
- cell type?
- looks like?
o Common in horses, usually T
cells and small intestine, can clinically resemble inflammatory bowel disease
GI lymphoma in ruminants
- part of what disease
- type common in cattle, connected to what other condition?
o In cattle and sheep, usually part of adult multicentric disease
o Abomasal common in cattle,
may be part of enzootic bovine leukosis
GI adenocarcinoma
- gastric vs intestinal occurence in dogs vs cats
- where in other species?
- endoscope limitations
- early spread how?
- carcinomatosis if?
- what is most common appearance? looks like what?
in dogs, gastric > intestinal,
in cats intestinal > gastric
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o Mostly small intestinal in other species
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o Endoscopic biopsies cannot show deeper invasion (full thickness best)
o Early spread via lymphatics and veins, carcinomatosis if penetrates serosa
o Scirrhous, mucus-producing carcinomas are most common but can be hard to
tell from mesenchymal tumours (use PAS to see mucus)
GI adenocarcinoma in dogs
- location?
- appearance?
- metastasis?
- carcinomatosis problems?
o Gastric most common in dogs but intestinal also happens
o Firm, grey-white, transmural, may be annular and cause stenosis
o May be ulcerated, some may not be (just thickened and cause loss of rugae)
o Aggressively infiltrative, usually metastasize to lung, liver, spleen by diagnosis
o Carcinomatosis may block lymphatics and cause ascites
GI adenocarcinoma in cats
- location?
- less common than what other cancer?
o Intestinal carcinoma less common than lymphoma in
cats but still more common than in dogs
Adenocarcinoma in sheep
- age?
- metastasis?
relatively common in sheep >5 years old, often
incidental finding at slaughter (metastases rare)
GI adenocarcinoma in horses and cattle
- how common?
- association in cattle?
Rare in horses (lymphoma more common) and cattle (bracken fern association)