title: Use of latissimus dorsi and abdominal external oblique muscle for reconstruction of a thoracic wall defect in a cat with feline osteochondromatosis.
abstract: A 4-year-old, male castrated European shorthair cat was presented with a firm mass palpable on the right caudal rib cage. Lateral and ventrodorsal radiographs of the thorax revealed a 4x3x2cm large, expansile and radiodense mass originating from the distal part of the 13th rib. After removal of the tumour, which was histopathologically confirmed as feline osteochondromatosis, the diaphragm, omentum, external abdominal oblique and latissimus dorsi muscles were used to reconstruct the defect. Feline osteochondromatosis is induced by retroviruses, eg, feline leukaemia virus, for which the cat tested positive. The tumour was removed for palliative reasons, because such tumours have the tendency to transform into osteosarcomas. Six months after the surgical excision the cat showed no clinical signs of reoccurrence.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Small Animal Surgery and Ophthalmology, Department of Small Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria. gabriele.gradner@vu-wien.ac.at
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gradner
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weissenböck
authors.forename: Sibylle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kneissl
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Benetka
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dupré
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D000818:Animals; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D008297:Male; D018216:Osteochondromatosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000662:veterinary*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome