Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat vomiting with high calcium linked to lung cancer
By Anderson, T E et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2000·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Probable hypercalcemia of malignancy in a cat with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma.
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Plain-English summary
An eight-year-old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was brought to the vet after experiencing four days of sudden vomiting. Blood tests revealed high calcium levels, and chest X-rays showed several abnormal growths in the lungs. Sadly, further examination after the cat passed away confirmed that these growths were cancerous tumors (bronchogenic adenocarcinoma) that had spread to other areas. This case highlights a rare instance of high calcium levels caused by cancer in a cat.
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Abstract
An eight-year-old, neutered male, domestic shorthair cat was referred with a four-day history of acute vomiting. Hypercalcemia was identified on serum biochemical testing. Thoracic radiographs showed multiple pulmonary nodular densities. Postmortem and histopathological examination identified the nodules as bronchogenic adenocarcinoma with metastases to the tracheobronchial lymph nodes, diaphragm, and parietal pleura. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of hypercalcemia of malignancy associated with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma in a cat.
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