title: [Case report. Restrictive cardiomyopathy with chylothorax in a cat: the pathogenesis].
abstract: A 8.5 year old castrated female domestic short-haired cat was presented because of progressive dyspnea, inappetence and weight loss. Special examinations revealed a chylothorax. In addition a restrictive cardiomyopathy was suspected. The cat was euthanized. The histopathologic examination of the heart confirmed the diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy. The examination of the ductus thoracicus showed a intramural fibrosis with additional edema and a interstitial partly perivascular inflammation. The coherence between feline cardiopathy and chylothorax was discussed speculatively in previous reports. In this report we show a possible aetiopathology.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kleine Haustiere, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trumpa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baumgärtner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nolte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000473:pathology