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Metastatic synovial cell sarcoma in two cats
Author(s) -
Liptak J. M.,
Withrow S. J.,
Macy D. W.,
Frankel D. J.,
Ehrhart E. J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
veterinary and comparative oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1476-5829
pISSN - 1476-5810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5810.2004.00049.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , cats , synovial sarcoma , doxorubicin , lymph node , sarcoma , metastasis , surgery , chemotherapy , pathology , cancer
Synovial cell sarcoma (SCS) with metastasis to the regional lymph node was diagnosed in two cats. Synovial cell sarcomas are rare in cats and metastatic SCS has not previously been reported. In both cases, treatment consisted of limb amputation and adjuvant doxorubicin. Local tumour recurrence and pulmonary metastases were diagnosed in one cat 316 days postoperatively. This cat died of chronic renal failure 444 days after limb amputation. The second cat died of an acute pulmonary thromboembolism 41 days postoperatively without evidence of local tumour recurrence or metastatic disease.