title: Cranial vena cava syndrome secondary to cryptococcal mediastinal granuloma in a cat.
abstract: The successful management of cranial vena cava syndrome with suspected secondary chylothorax due to mediastinal cryptococcal granuloma in a 4-year-old male domestic shorthair cat is described. Treatment included long-term antifungal medication, short-term corticosteroids, intermittent thoracocentesis, rutin, octreotide, and enalapril.
authors.affiliation: Western Veterinary Specialist and Emergency Centre, 1802-10th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0J8 (Letendre); University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6 (Letendre, Boysen); Service d'urgentologie et de soins intensifs, Faculté de médicine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 rue Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2 (Boysen).
authors.forename: Jo-Annie
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Letendre
authors.affiliation: Western Veterinary Specialist and Emergency Centre, 1802-10th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T3C 0J8 (Letendre); University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4Z6 (Letendre, Boysen); Service d'urgentologie et de soins intensifs, Faculté de médicine vétérinaire, Université de Montréal, 3200 rue Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec J2S 2M2 (Boysen).
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boysen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D002916:Chylothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D004656:Enalapril / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012431:Rutin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D012431:Rutin; D004656:Enalapril; D015725:Fluconazole; D007654:Ketoconazole
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