Hepatic plasmacytoma and biclonal gammopathy in a cat.
A 13-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat was evaluated because of weight loss, despite a good appetite. The most remarkable abnormality was a total serum protein concentration of 12.4 g/dl, with a globulin concentration of 9.4 g/dl. Serum protein electrophoresis revealed a biclonal spike in the gamma region. At necropsy, 2 discrete plasmacytomas were found in the liver, without bone marrow involvement or amyloidosis.
Larsen
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha 68105.
Carpenter
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D000818:Animals; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis / Q000662:veterinary; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats; D006942:Hypergammaglobulinemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D005719:gamma-Globulins / Q000032:analysis
D001798:Blood Proteins; D005719:gamma-Globulins