Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with acute monocytic leukemia treated with chemotherapy drugs
By Nagashima, N et al.·Published in The Veterinary record·2005·Department of Pathobiology, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Acute monocytic leukaemia in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
A three-year-old cat was brought to the vet with swollen lymph nodes, low red blood cell counts, and a very high white blood cell count. After tests, the cat was diagnosed with acute monocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer. The vet treated the cat with a combination of chemotherapy drugs, which significantly reduced the cancerous cells in the blood and bone marrow. The cat experienced partial remission for about 67 days and lived for a total of 95 days after the diagnosis.
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Abstract
A three-year-old cat with lymphadenopathy, non-regenerative anaemia and marked leucocytosis (171.3 x 10(9) white blood cells/l) was diagnosed with monocytic leukaemia and treated with a combination of anticancer drugs. A number of mature and immature monocyte-like cells were detected in the peripheral blood and bone marrow; they proved to be monocytic cells by cytochemical examination and an analysis of their cell surface phenotype, indicating that the cat suffered from acute myeloid leukaemia, subclassified as monocytic leukaemia (M5). Treatment with cytarabine, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisolone greatly reduced the number of blast cells in the cat's peripheral blood and bone marrow. The cat was in partial remission for 67 days and survived for 95 days after it was first examined.
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