Videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy in feline with cholethiasis

Cholelithiasis, or gallstones, is rare in cats. This report describes the case of a six years-old mongrel cat male that had anorexia, abdominal pain, vomiting and hyperthermia. The abdominal ultrasound revealed a gallbladder with irregular shape andhyperechogenic structures, in the gallbladder's neck and in the output of the cystic duct, suggesting gallstones. The patient was undergone to a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The animal was hospitalized for a week and after sixty days the owner no longer report clinical signs previously presented.

laparoscopic; cholelithiasis; hepatobiliary disease; cats