Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with immune anemia and stomach lymphoma treated successfully
By Akiyoshi, Makoto et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2020·Azabu University, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Presumptive precursor-targeted immune-mediated anemia concurrent with gastrointestinal lymphoma in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old spayed female mixed-breed cat was brought to the vet because she was very anemic and had a mass in her stomach. Tests showed she had a severe form of anemia caused by her immune system attacking her own red blood cell precursors, along with a type of stomach cancer called T-cell lymphoma. The vet surgically removed the cancerous mass and treated the anemia with immunosuppressive medication. Remarkably, over a year later, both the anemia and the cancer have not returned, and the cat is doing well without any ongoing treatment.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old spayed female mixed-breed cat presented with progressive nonregenerative anemia. Clinicopathological abnormalities included severe nonregenerative anemia (packed cell volume [PCV]: 7%, aggregate reticulocytes: 1.12 × 10/µl) and a hypoechogenic mass well-localized in the stomach. Bone marrow (BM) smears revealed increased particle hematopoietic cellularity with decreased myeloid:erythroid (M:E) ratios, no dysplasia of any lineage, and presence of erythroid precursors phagocytized by macrophages. The cat was diagnosed with presumptive precursor-targeted immune-mediated anemia (PIMA). The stomach mass was consistent with CD 20 positive T-cell lymphoma. The lymphoma was completely resected via surgery, and the PIMA was cured by immunosuppressive therapy. On day 410, both diseases have not recurred without medications. This is the first report of feline PIMA and concurrent gastrointestinal lymphoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32863286/