title: Laryngeal, laryngotracheal, and tracheal masses in cats: 27 cases (1998-2003).
abstract: Medical records of 27 cats with masses of the larynx and trachea were examined. Six cats had inflammatory masses, and 21 cats had neoplastic lesions. A definitive diagnosis was reached in 22 cats with a single biopsy. The median age of the cats was 12.0 years (range 6 to 20 years). Dyspnea was the most common clinical sign. Accurate diagnoses were best obtained through direct laryngeal or tracheal examination combined with histological examination of tissue biopsies. Kaplan-Meier survival data for all inflammatory and neoplastic lesions showed a median survival of 5 days, with 7.4% of cats alive at 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Bay Area Veterinary Specialists, San Leandro, California 94578, USA.
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jakubiak
authors.forename: Cecile T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Siedlecki
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zenger
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Matteucci
authors.forename: Kristine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bruskiewicz
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rohn
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bergman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*