Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with sunken chest and breathing trouble treated with surgery
By R. Yaygingul et al.·Published in Veterinární Medicína·2016·Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey, CZ·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Pectus excavatum in a cat: a case report
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- cat
Plain-English summary
An 8-month-old female cat was brought to the vet because she was having trouble breathing. After some tests, the vet diagnosed her with pectus excavatum, a condition where the chest is sunken in. To fix this, the vet performed surgery and used a special U-shaped splint to support her chest. Five weeks later, the splint was taken off, and two months after the surgery, the cat was back to normal and breathing well again.
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Abstract
This case report aims to clinically and radiologically describe a case of feline pectus excavatum and to evaluate the treatment results. An 8-month-old female cat weighing 3.2 kg was presented to the Surgery Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Adnan Menderes University with respiratory distress. Following radiographic and clinical examinations, the condition was diagnosed as pectus excavatum. Surgical correction was performed using a U-shaped external splint. Post-operative thoracic radiography showed that the concavity of the sternum was reduced. The splint was removed five weeks post-surgery. Two months after surgery, the cat was clinically normal.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.17221/285/2015-VETMED