Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat vomiting and anorexia caused by kidney cyst cancer
By Raffan, E et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2008·Small Animal Teaching Hospital, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Transitional cell carcinoma forming a perirenal cyst in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
An eight-year-old neutered male Burmese cat was brought to the vet after five days of vomiting and not eating. Tests and imaging suggested he had a fluid-filled cyst near his kidney. The vet performed surgery to remove part of the cyst, and the cat initially felt better. Unfortunately, 34 days later, he started having seizures and vomiting again, leading to his euthanasia. A post-mortem exam revealed he had transitional cell carcinoma, a type of cancer, which was likely the cause of his symptoms.
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Abstract
An eight-year-old, neutered male Burmese cat presented with five days vomiting and anorexia. Physical examination, clinical pathology and diagnostic imaging findings suggested a perirenal pseudocyst. After partial resection of the perirenal capsule clinical signs temporarily resolved, but the cat was euthanased 34 days postoperatively as a result of seizures and recurrence of vomiting. Postoperative histopathology showed neoplastic transitional cells within and lining the resected perirenal capsule; a diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma was confirmed post-mortem. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of this presentation of transitional cell carcinoma. Transitional cell carcinoma should be a differential diagnosis for the aetiology of perirenal pseudocyst.
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