Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Linear arrector pili muscle hamartoma on the tail of a sphynx cat.
- Journal:
- Veterinary dermatology
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Fanton, Natalia et al.
- Affiliation:
- Clinica Veterinaria Tibaldi · Italy
- Species:
- cat
Plain-English summary
A Sphynx cat was found to have a condition called an arrector pili muscle hamartoma, which is a type of growth made up of muscle tissue. This growth appeared as a line of bumps along the cat's tail and changed in size over the course of a year. While this type of growth has been seen in humans and dogs, this is the first report in a cat. The condition was monitored over time, but the abstract does not mention any specific treatment or outcome.
Abstract
Arrector pili muscle (APM) hamartoma is reported in humans and dogs. We describe a linear APM hamartoma in a sphynx cat. The lesion was characterized by multiple nodules distributed linearly along the tail, made of randomly arranged hypertrophic smooth muscles, the size of which tended to wax-and-wane during a one year follow-up.
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