Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with acute megakaryocytic leukemia treated with cytosine
By Hamilton, T A et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1991·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cytosine arabinoside chemotherapy for acute megakaryocytic leukemia in a cat.
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- cat
Plain-English summary
A cat with severe anemia and an unusually high number of platelets was diagnosed with acute megakaryocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer. The cat was treated with a chemotherapy drug called cytosine arabinoside, which successfully put the cancer into remission. After treatment, the cat lived for an additional 122 days, showing that the chemotherapy was effective in managing the disease.
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Abstract
Myeloproliferative disease in a cat was characterized by severe, nonregenerative anemia, circulating blast cells, and proliferation of bizarre megakaryoblasts in the bone marrow. The number of circulating platelets was markedly higher than normal at initial examination. Chemotherapy with cytosine arabinoside was successful in inducing complete remission and maintaining survival for 122 days.
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