Probable hypercalcemia of malignancy in a cat with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma.
An eight-year-old, neutered male, domestic shorthair cat was referred with a four-day history of acute vomiting. Hypercalcemia was identified on serum biochemical testing. Thoracic radiographs showed multiple pulmonary nodular densities. Postmortem and histopathological examination identified the nodules as bronchogenic adenocarcinoma with metastases to the tracheobronchial lymph nodes, diaphragm, and parietal pleura. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of hypercalcemia of malignancy associated with bronchogenic adenocarcinoma in a cat.
Anderson
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Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071, USA.
Legendre
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McEntee
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D002282:Adenocarcinoma, Bronchiolo-Alveolar / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002415:Cats; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*