This study presents a 13 years casuistic review of oesophageal and gastrointestinal foreign bodies. The cases were admitted at the surgical pathology and clinics of the Surgery Department of the Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo. At clinical and radiographic examination, foreign bodies were detected in 12 cats, with age from 2 to 168 months, without prevalence of sex and affecting more cats with indefined breed. The found foreign bodies were located from oropharinx to intestines, among them: bones, needles, string, plastic, rubber and bezoar, presentingg as main clinical signs: anorexia and vomiting. Surgery was performed to solve the problem and among all the animals, onty one death ocurred. This review shows that foreign bodies are not common in cats and usually have good prognosis.
foreign bodies; cat; gastrointestinal tube
