Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with severe breathing trouble and rare blood vessel lymphoma
By Henrich, M et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine·2007·Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Germany·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: A case of intravascular lymphoma with mixed lineage antigen expression in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old neutered male British shorthair cat was brought to the vet with symptoms like extreme tiredness, trouble breathing, fever, and low red blood cell and platelet counts. Tests showed abnormal lymphatic cells in his blood and lymph nodes, and a necropsy revealed issues in his spleen and fluid buildup in his chest and abdomen. Unfortunately, the diagnosis was intravascular lymphoma, a type of cancer affecting the blood vessels. Sadly, due to the severity of the condition, treatment options were limited, and the prognosis was poor.
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Abstract
A 3-year-old neutered male British shorthair cat was presented to the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine, Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen with a short history of lethargy, severe dyspnoea, fever, anaemia, thrombocytopenia and hyperbilirubinaemia. In blood smears and lymph node aspirates, large pleomorphic lymphatic blasts were detected. On necropsy splenic infarcts and moderate hydrothorax as well as moderate ascites could be observed. Histological examination revealed large numbers of lymphoid blasts within the lumen of the vessels of the lung, lymph nodes, the liver, the chorioid coat of the eyes, in meningeal vessels, arteries and veins of the brain, and within the larger splenic vessels. Neoplastic cells immunohistochemically stained positive for CD45R and CD3. Based on these findings, an intravascular lymphoma was diagnosed.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18045342/