Long-Term Survival in a Cat with Pancreatic Carcinoma and Splenic Involvement after Surgical Excision

Abstract EN

A thirteen-year-old female spayed with a history of hydronephrosis was presented for a routine abdominal ultrasonographic exam.

The imaging exam showed a mass involving the pancreas and a large mass affecting the spleen.

Exploratory laparotomy evidenced a mass in the pancreas and another involving one-third of the spleen.

The patient had partial pancreatectomy and splenectomy.

The histopathology report came back with a diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma.

Adjuvant chemotherapy was declined.

The cat is still free of gross tumor recurrence and metastatic disease after twenty-six months.

Early diagnosed and aggressively treated feline pancreatic carcinoma might yield a favorable prognosis.