An 11 year old spayed female Persian cat suffering from renal disease (polycystic kidneys), liver disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, thyroid nodules, constipation and chronic gastritis develops a large ulcerated gastric lymphosarcoma with worseningvomiting, disoressia, weight loss and deterioration of health conditions. It is hypothesized that the onset of gastritis and liver disease could be secondary (sympathy) to the strong emotional bond between the cat and the owner (symbiosis), a 45 year old divorced man, suffering from chronic gastritis and frustration with two problems at the workplace. A partial gastrectomy is performed to allow the cat to feed and a treatment with acupuncture and herbal medicine starts. The cat begins to eat. The ownerdecides to change his attitude at the workplace to stop the sympathetic disease. A month later the first endoscopic check the highlights the recurrence of the neoplasia, but the clinical condition gradually improves. In subsequent gastroscopies (6 in 3years), the neoplasia disappears, replaced by a slight translucent infiltration of the gastric wall, extending very slowly. The treatment lasted for three years and the cat keeps in good nutritional status; then gradually begin to lose weight due to renal failure and dies at age 14. Necropsy did not reveal the presence of gastric malignancy. Since surgery, acupuncture and herbal medicine are not supposed to heal gastric lymphosarcoma, the clinical success is attributed to the synergistic action of treatments and to the psychosomatic change made by the owner.
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