Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat developed skin cancer from steel staple left after surgery
By Tan, Rommel Max et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2013·University of Illinois, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Subcutaneous hemangiosarcoma induced by a foreign body (steel staple) in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old female domestic shorthair cat was brought to the vet because of a lump on her belly. X-rays revealed that the lump contained steel staples, likely from a surgery she had seven years ago. After removing the mass, the vet found it was a type of cancer called hemangiosarcoma, which is unusual for being linked to a foreign body. This case highlights a rare situation where a foreign object can lead to cancer in pets.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old, female domestic shorthair cat was presented with a ventral abdominal subcutaneous mass. A radiograph showed that the center of the mass contained what appeared to be steel sutures, presumed to be from an ovariohysterectomy performed 7 years earlier. The excised mass was irregular and contained numerous pockets filled with friable necrotic material and hemorrhages that were dissected by fibrous connective tissue bands. Multiple tangled and fragmented pieces of steel staples were deeply embedded within the mass. Histologically, the mass was non-encapsulated, densely cellular, and infiltrative. Neoplastic cells lined caverns and channels and were factor VIII-positive by immunohistochemistry. The neoplastic cells were oval to round with granular cytoplasm and vesicular nucleus and exhibited moderate cellular and nuclear pleomorphism. A diagnosis of subcutaneous hemangiosarcoma was made. To our knowledge, this is the first report of foreign body associated hemangiosarcoma and the first case of steel staple associated neoplasm in domestic animals.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24082166/