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Unusual histiocytic disease in a Somali cat

Author(s) -

Nicki Reed,

I. BegaraMcGorum,

Roderick W. Else,

Danièlle GunnMoore

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of feline medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1532-2750

pISSN - 1098-612X

DOI - 10.1016/j.jfms.2005.09.002

Subject(s) - medicine , pathology , histopathology , histiocyte , histiocytosis , lesion , malignant histiocytosis , disease , stomach , vomiting , mesenteric lymph nodes , spleen , lymph , somali , gastroenterology , linguistics , philosophy

An 8-year-old Somali cat presented with a 9-month history of inappetence, vomiting and weight loss. The disease progressed to involve neurological signs associated with a mass lesion at the level of the first lumbar vertebra. Histopathology identified the condition as malignant histiocytosis affecting the lungs, stomach, mesenteric lymph nodes, liver, spleen, brain and spinal cord. However, the presentation of this case differs from previously reported cases of malignant histiocytosis, and may therefore represent a variant form of histiocytic disease.

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