title: Dyspnoea and pulmonary consolidation in a cat with T-cell lymphoma.
abstract: A 13-year-old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented with an acute onset of dyspnoea. Thoracic radiographs revealed marked, bilateral, caudal lung lobe consolidation. A diagnosis of anatomically mixed T-cell lymphoma with pulmonary, renal and alimentary involvement was confirmed on histopathology. Pulmonary involvement in cases of feline lymphoma is uncommon and the radiographic appearance of pulmonary lymphoma is highly variable. Lung lobe consolidation has been described with primary lung tumours in cats, but not previously in association with pulmonary lymphoma. This unusual presentation serves to alert practitioners to the possibility of lymphoma as a cause of severe bronchopulmonary disease in the cat.
authors: Valentine Charlton Cat Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
authors: Alexa L
authors: AL
authors: Brown
authors: Julia A
authors: JA
authors: Beatty
authors: Robert G
authors: RG
authors: Nicoll
authors: Tina
authors: T
authors: Knight
authors: Mark B
authors: MB
authors: Krockenberger
authors: Vanessa R
authors: VR
authors: Barrs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D037901:Euthanasia, Animal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index