Aplastic anemia in cats - clinicopathological features and associated disease conditions 1996-2004.
A retrospective study of 128 feline bone marrow reports identified 13 cases of aplastic anemia. Clinical diagnoses included chronic renal failure (n=5), feline leukemia virus infection (n=2), hyperthyroidism treated with methimazole (n=1) and idiopathic aplastic anemia (n=5). In some cats, starvation may play a role in the development of marrow aplasia. Some cats with aplastic anemia can have prolonged survival without resolution of the pancytopenia.
Weiss
Douglas J
DJ
Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, 1971 Commonwealth Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000662:veterinary; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000662:veterinary; D016582:Leukemia, Feline / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies