Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with breathing trouble diagnosed with laryngeal cyst by ultrasound
By Rudorf, H et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·1999·Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Ultrasonographic diagnosis of a laryngeal cyst in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old cat was brought to the vet because it was having trouble breathing and making unusual noises. The vet used ultrasound to find a fluid-filled cyst on the cat's vocal cord. They drained the cyst, but it came back three weeks later and was larger than before. After a second surgery to remove it, the cat has been doing well, with no signs of the cyst returning even 18 months later.
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Abstract
The ultrasonographic appearance, surgical treatment and pathological classification of a laryngeal cyst in a four-year-old cat is described. This is the first description of such a cyst diagnosed with the help of ultrasonography. The cat presented with dyspnoea and respiratory noise. An intraluminal fluid-filled cyst attached to the vocal cord was identified by ultrasonography and drained under ultrasound guidance. The cyst recurred three weeks later and ultrasonography showed an increase in size compared to the previous examination. There was no evidence of recurrence of the lesion 18 months after surgical removal.
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