Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with anemia and weakness diagnosed with erythremic myelosis AML6er
By Comazzi, S et al.·Published in Journal of feline medicine and surgery·2000·Istituto di Patologia Generale Veterinaria, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Erythremic myelosis (AML6er) in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old male domestic cat was brought to the vet because he was not eating, seemed weak, and was acting depressed. Blood tests showed he had low red and white blood cell counts, and abnormal cells were found in both his blood and bone marrow. The vet diagnosed him with erythremic myelosis, a type of blood cancer, and also noted some kidney and liver issues. Unfortunately, the cat's condition was serious, and treatment options were limited due to the nature of the disease.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old male European domestic cat was presented with dysorexia, weakness and depression. Normocytic normochromic non-regenerative anaemia, leucopaenia and thrombocytopenia were detected. Rubriblasts were detected both in the blood and in the bone marrow. Tests of blood chemistry revealed no alterations of renal and hepatic function and a positive reaction to FeLV antigen was detected in the cat's serum. Neoplastic cells did not show positive to cytochemical reactions against granulocytes, monocytes and lymphocytes. According to haematological and bone marrow cytological findings, a diagnosis of erythremic myelosis (AML6er) was made. Histopathology showed extramedullary haematopoiesis in the liver, spleen, kidney and lymph nodes and chronic nephropathy and degenerative signs in the liver.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11716621/