title: Generalised amyloidosis in two Siamese cats: spontaneous liver haemorrhage and chronic renal failure.
abstract: Two cases are reported, illustrating the antemortem diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis in Siamese cats. A cat presenting with inappetence and depression was diagnosed as having systemic amyloidosis with spontaneous haemorrhage from the liver. In another cat from the same breeding cattery, chronic renal failure due to systemic amyloidosis was an incidental finding. Little treatment was possible in either case and both were later euthanased. The two cats had similar renal and hepatic pathology but different signs of disease.
authors.affiliation: Nine Lives Veterinary Practice for Cats, West Midlands.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002415:Cats; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*