Dynamic tracheal collapse associated with disseminated histiocytic sarcoma in a cat.
This case report describes an unusual presentation of histiocytic sarcoma in a domestic shorthair cat. Initial investigation revealed a haemodynamically insignificant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, bronchitis and a mild irregularity of the cervical trachea. The cat's disease progressed over a two-week period. Repeat radiography and tracheoscopy revealed a marked dynamic tracheal collapse associated with a raised plaque-like lesion within the cervical trachea. Subsequent post-mortem examination and histopathology revealed disseminated histiocytic sarcoma involving the trachea and kidneys. This is the first reported case of a histiocytic sarcoma involving the trachea in either dogs or cats.
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Division of Companion Animal Sciences, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH.
Philbey
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Martineau
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Nielsen
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Pawson
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Dukes-McEwan
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D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*