Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
High calcium levels linked to squamous cell cancer in two cats
By Klausner, J S et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1990·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Hypercalcemia in two cats with squamous cell carcinomas.
- Species:
- cat
Plain-English summary
Two cats were found to have high calcium levels due to squamous cell carcinomas, a type of skin and oral cancer. One cat had several skin tumors, while the other had cancer that had spread from the mouth. After treatment that reduced the size of their tumors, both cats showed a decrease in their calcium levels, indicating that the cancer was the likely cause of the hypercalcemia. This suggests that managing the tumors can help improve their condition.
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Abstract
Hypercalcemia was identified in 2 cats with squamous cell carcinomas. One cat was referred because of multiple cutaneous tumors; the second cat had metastatic disease from an oral squamous cell carcinoma. In both cats, serum immunoreactive midmolecule parathyroid hormone concentration was within the range determined for clinically normal cats. The high serum calcium concentration in these cats may have resulted from the neoplastic disease, as evidenced by the reduction in serum calcium concentration after decrease in tumor size in response to treatment, and by failure to identify other known causes of hypercalcemia.
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