title: Unique presentation of normolipaemic cutaneous xanthoma in a cat.
abstract: METHODS
  A normolipaemic 7-year-old female spayed Domestic Shorthair was initially presented with a history of pruritus for several years and diagnosed with concurrent atopic dermatitis, flea bite hypersensitivity and adverse food reaction. The hypersensitivities were controlled with cyclosporin, allergen-specific immunotherapy, topical flea control and a restricted diet. Five months after initial presentation, the cat developed a non-healing nodular ulcerated cutaneous lesion in the left axilla and also developed immune-mediated haemolytic anaemic (IMHA). The IMHA was stabilised, but the axillary lesion persisted and progressed to a diffuse, firm, yellowed subcutaneous swelling over the ventral body approximately 20 months later. Histopathology was consistent with cutaneous xanthoma. The cat was normolipaemic and being fed a home-prepared diet of lean kangaroo meat and pumpkin to manage pruritus associated with adverse food reactions. No underlying malignancy was detected on routine screening tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A diffuse, planar form of cutaneous xanthoma occurring without associated lipaemia has not been previously reported in cats.
authors.affiliation: Small Animal Specialist Hospital, 1/1 Richardson Place, North Ryde, New South Wales, 2113, Australia. pravens@sashvets.com.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Ravens
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Vogelnest
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Piripi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002415:Cats; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000032:analysis; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
keywords: cats; diffuse cutaneous xanthoma; normolipaemia