Vaccine site-associated sarcomas in cats: clinical experience and a laboratory review (1982-1993).
Recent information regarding vaccine site-associated sarcomas in cats suggest a relationship to either feline leukemia virus or rabies vaccines. The authors' initial case was in a cat that had received neither of these vaccines. Review of the available hospital records revealed an increasing number of vaccine site-associated sarcomas, none of which were related to feline leukemia virus vaccines. Only one was related to the use of a rabies vaccine, and this tumor occurred in the thigh as opposed to between the shoulder blades. The laboratory data supported an increasing incidence of vaccine site-associated sarcomas, the majority of which occurred in the interscapular area and were associated with routine prophylactic vaccinations.
Lester
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Central Laboratory for Veterinarians, Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
Clemett
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Burt
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D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012540:Scapula; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
D014612:Vaccines; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D015164:Vaccines, Inactivated