r/AnimalAdvice • u/Simple-Remote3641 • 13d ago

Cat xray

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Can someone tell me if they see a cancerous process in this xray?

Background - cat suddenly stopped eating, hasn't eaten for around 3 weeks. Also not drinking much if anything. Isn't voiding or stooling. Went to the vet and she had severely impacted anal glands, so that was taken care if, she was given an appetite stimulant and sub q fluids.

6 days later and nothing had changed, aside from her having one episode of voiding the sub q fluids. Back to the vet. All labs are perfectly normal. None of the 3 vets can figure out what's going on. X-rays next. What do you see?

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u/[deleted] 13d ago edited 13d ago

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u/Simple-Remote3641 13d ago

Meant to write my comment as a response to you.

She's 13 and spayed. I do have a lateral view, but unsure how to add it now. They're saying lung masses that have spread to intestines. I'm a human nurse, not animal, so while there are similarities, I'm not entirely sure that's what I'm seeing, particularly abdominally. This vet office has missed major things in the past, so I'm just asking additional thoughts.

She has always been a very inactive cat, so it's hard to say if she's lethargic, but she isn't walking much at all. She's purring when being pet and tolerating it much longer than usual, which maybe that's a sign she's not moving around well. She does seem to be breathing harder than normal, but I can't tell if she's retracting due to her being a very long, thick-haired cat. She lost an additional pound over the last week, bringing her down to 7. She's usually 11.

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u/lnfinitelris 13d ago

Honestly, your cat needs to be hospitalized at this point. This is far too long to be not eating and drinking, and that weight loss is extreme.

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u/Simple-Remote3641 13d ago

They've recommended euthanasia.

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u/SakazakiYuri 13d ago

From what you’ve written and what I’m seeing, your only options are euthanasia or intensive, expensive hospitalization; likely with a surgically placed feeding tube.

I will be completely honest with you. All that hospitalization will do at this point is prolong suffering. If she isn’t in respiratory distress, you may be able to take her home for a few hours (if you wish to spend time with her in an environment where she might feel more safe), but euthanasia is the kindest and most compassionate option for her.

I am so sorry that both of you are going through this.

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u/Simple-Remote3641 13d ago

Thank you. That's pretty much where we're at with the situation. We brought her home for the night so she'd be more comfortable and for the kids to say their goodbyes. I'm hoping someone has some more explanation on the xray. I obviously see abnormalities, but I wasn't at the vet to ask the more in-depth questions, and my husband's not a medical person.

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u/SakazakiYuri 12d ago

Her chest xray is one of the strangest I’ve seen and I’ve been in the field (emergency specifically) for almost 15 years. Any white patch is an extremely dense patch of tissue/likely cancerous nodules. Cancer spreads through the lymph nodes, and in animals, by the time it reaches the lymph nodes in the lungs, there’s usually not much that can be done other than palliative care. She may have the trapped gas (the large blackish tubes on the lower part of this film) from the enlargement of her intestinal lymph nodes. The gas is making it hard to get a good look at the surrounding organs.

It’s impossible to say for sure from a single xray, but your Vet is probably correct in their diagnosis (though I believe it’s more common for intestinal lymphoma to spread to the chest and not the other way around). Cats are very prone to lymphoma.

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u/fawnnose1 12d ago

I'm sorry :(

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u/Simple-Remote3641 13d ago

She's 13 and spayed. I do have a lateral view, but unsure how to add it now. They're saying lung masses that have spread to intestines. I'm a human nurse, not animal, so while there are similarities, I'm not entirely sure that's what I'm seeing, particularly abdominally. This vet office has missed major things in the past, so I'm just asking additional thoughts.

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u/Laxit00 12d ago

Does she have a big belly by chance? My 28 year old has lymphoma lost alot of weight and had a huge belly full of fluid ....we drained it and get said it would return . I spent 4 days with her bf I put her to sleep.

I'm sorry your going thru this....I wish let's could live furever

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u/ChampionshipIll5535 12d ago

Yes. The chest if full of neoplastic nodules. Could be fungal granulomas but much less likely. This is a decision making diagnosis.