Intestinal obstruction caused by neoplasms in two cows

Ciência Rural

Calado, Eraldo Barbosa²  Soto-Blanco, Benito¹  Câmara, Antônio Carlos Lopes²  Castro, Márcio Botelho de³ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil;Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-árido, Mossoró, Brazil;Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

关键词: abdominal tumors;    intestinal obstruction;    metastatic adrenal carcinoma;    ovarian teratoma;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0103-8478cr20151488

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria * Centro de Ciencias Rurais

【 摘 要 】

:In cattle, abdominal tumors leading to partial or total intestinal obstruction are rare. Here, it is described the clinico-pathological findings of two cows with intestinal obstruction by neoplasms. A crossbred cow presented apathy, weight loss, constipation, enophthalmos, ruminal and intestinal hypomotility, and abdominal distension in the right ventral quadrant. Pathological examination revealed bilateral ovarian teratoma. The other case was a cow that in the past 2 years had several episodes of squamous cell carcinoma in the third eyelid and vulva. During the 6 days prior to investigation, clinical signs of constipation and tenesmus were noted. Nodular and friable masses were located in the vulva, right third eyelid and cranially to the right kidney that were identified as poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma of the adrenal cortex. To our knowledge, these are probably the first reports of ovarian teratoma and adrenal carcinoma causing clinical signs of intestinal obstruction in cattle.

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