{"title":"Successful parturition and lactation after a deslorelin implant removal in a pregnant cat.","authors":"Alessandra Paganotto, Annouck Truttmann, Émilie Rosset","doi":"10.1177/20551169231201606","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231201606","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>The aim of this clinical case presentation was to describe the effect of a 4.7 mg deslorelin implant placement in a pregnant queen during the second half of gestation, and the consequences of its removal on the pregnancy and parturition. A 5-year-old female cat exhibiting nesting behaviour and weight gain 10 days after placement of a deslorelin implant was presented for examination. Gestation was confirmed on ultrasound, with two well-formed kittens of a gestational age of approximately 7 weeks. The deslorelin implant placed on the umbilicus was removed 1 week later. No change in the pregnancy was observed after removal of the implant. The fetuses showed no signs of distress on ultrasound and radiography examination 4 days after removal of the implant. One week after implant removal, the queen naturally delivered two healthy kittens. The queen showed maternal behaviour with normal milk production.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>In the light of the lack of literature on implant injection and removal in the pregnant queen, this case report showcases a successful birth of healthy kittens without any subsequent adverse effect on the queen. Further study is needed to assess the safety of implant removal during pregnancy and potential use as a means to induce fertile oestrus in the queen.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231201606"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a0/aa/10.1177_20551169231201606.PMC10590539.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49692726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kerry E Rolph, John Ryan, Donald Yool, Tiziana Liuti
{"title":"Resolution of megaesophagus after correction of a paraesophageal hernia.","authors":"Kerry E Rolph, John Ryan, Donald Yool, Tiziana Liuti","doi":"10.1177/20551169231199451","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231199451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 6-year-old female Siamese cat presented with an 8-week history of vomiting and progressive hyporexia. On presentation, the cat was found to have a hypochloremic alkalosis. Imaging demonstrated hiatal hernia and megaesophagus. Exploratory laparotomy demonstrated a paraesophageal hiatal hernia. The hernia was reduced, phrenoplasty and esophagopexy were performed, and a gastrotomy tube was placed. Treatment of the hernia led to resolution of the megaesophagus.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Megaesophagus can occur secondarily to paraesophageal hernia in the cat. In this case, correction of the paraesophageal hernia led to complete resolution of the esophageal dilation and all associated clinical signs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231199451"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d5/5e/10.1177_20551169231199451.PMC10576422.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akash Alexander, Katherine Hughes, Fernando Constantino-Casas, Laura Jane Owen
{"title":"Surgical management of a laryngeal rhabdomyosarcoma in a cat.","authors":"Akash Alexander, Katherine Hughes, Fernando Constantino-Casas, Laura Jane Owen","doi":"10.1177/20551169231194318","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231194318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>An 11-year-old male castrated British Shorthair was referred for investigations into an upper respiratory tract mass. A partial laryngectomy was performed to excise the mass. Marginal resection of the mass involved excision of parts of the thyroid cartilage and left arytenoid cartilage. A tracheostomy tube was maintained for 48 h postoperatively. The cat recovered without complication and was discharged at 72 h postoperatively. Histopathology of the mass was deemed most consistent with a rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Telephone follow-up 12 months postoperatively confirmed resolution of the clinical signs. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a laryngeal RMS in a cat. RMS should be considered a differential diagnosis for a laryngeal mass in a cat. This case demonstrates that resection via a partial laryngectomy may be a viable therapeutic option.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231194318"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/24/76/10.1177_20551169231194318.PMC10559712.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41138788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anthony Malak, William Ch Parr, Andrew S Levien, Rachel M Basa
{"title":"Limb sparing in a cat with a humeral osteosarcoma using a customised three-dimensional printed endoprosthesis.","authors":"Anthony Malak, William Ch Parr, Andrew S Levien, Rachel M Basa","doi":"10.1177/20551169231199445","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231199445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 12-year-old male neutered Bengal cat presented for a left thoracic limb lameness of several weeks' duration. Abnormal advanced imaging findings depicted the presence of an irregularly marginated osteolytic lesion in the proximal-mid diaphysis of the left humerus. A histopathological evaluation of the humerus confirmed a diagnosis of osteoblastic osteosarcoma. Limb-sparing surgery was planned with a custom-designed three-dimensional printed endoprosthesis. Mild neuropraxia was noted immediately postoperatively and deemed to have resolved by the 2-week follow-up. Stereotactic radiation was planned, though pulmonary metastasis was noted on planning CT. The cat was euthanased 90 days postoperatively owing to the development of pulmonary clinical signs.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>This is the first reported case of a humeral limb salvage procedure in a cat using a custom-designed three-dimensional printed endoprosthesis. Although the survival time in this case was short, the patient maintained an adequate quality of life and limb function was preserved.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231199445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0a/0f/10.1177_20551169231199445.PMC10559718.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41177188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First report of <i>Mycobacteria avium</i> complex (<i>Mycobacteria intracellulare</i>) in a cat from Southeast Asia.","authors":"Hock Siew Han, Danièlle Gunn-Moore","doi":"10.1177/20551169231194311","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231194311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 3-year-old castrated male domestic shorthaired cat, with indoor-outdoor access, was presented for chronic, progressive multinodular to generalised subcutaneous nodules covering much of its body. Previous medical treatment with doxycycline had been unhelpful. Fine-needle aspiration of the nodules revealed intra- and extracellular multibacillary negative staining rods in pyogranulomatous inflammation. Bacterial culture and susceptibility studies isolated <i>Mycobacterium intracellulare</i>, with zimine as the drug of choice for treatment. Initial triple therapy with rifampicin, azithromycin and pradofloxacin was ineffective, and was changed to triple therapy with clofazimine, clarithromycin and doxycycline once drug susceptibility was known, which was given for 3 months, after which long-term therapy with clofazimine and clarithromycin was continued.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Slow growing <i>M intracellulare</i>, a member of the <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> complex (MAC), has never been reported to cause disease in cats from Singapore and, by extension, Southeast Asia. The infection in this patient resulted in subcutaneous nodules, which started on the face, then spread to the feet and much of the rest of its body. This is in contrast to that commonly reported for infection with <i>M avium</i>, which is also a member of MAC, and may not only present with similar signs in cats, but also progress to systemic spread. Susceptibility studies suggest clofazimine as the drug of choice when treating this infection, and this case supports its use as empirical therapy for veterinarians treating this disease in this region while awaiting culture and sensitivity results.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231194311"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7b/05/10.1177_20551169231194311.PMC10559717.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41166246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Céline Pouzot-Nevoret, Leïla Hocine, Bernard Allaouchiche, Jiwoong Her
{"title":"Use of high-flow oxygen therapy in a cat with cardiogenic pulmonary edema.","authors":"Céline Pouzot-Nevoret, Leïla Hocine, Bernard Allaouchiche, Jiwoong Her","doi":"10.1177/20551169231195767","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231195767","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 7-month-old female spayed domestic shorthair cat was presented for respiratory distress due to cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Despite initial treatment and oxygen delivery in an oxygen tent, the cat still showed signs of severe respiratory effort and oxygen saturation measured via pulse oximetry was below 85%. Because the owners declined mechanical ventilation, the cat was transitioned to high-flow oxygen therapy (HFOT). HFOT allowed significant improvement of the respiration parameters within 15 mins without causing clinical complications. The cat was briefly anaesthetised for the placement of the nasal cannula on initiation of HFOT, and the interface was well tolerated thereafter. The cat was transitioned to an oxygen cage after 16 h, weaned from oxygen 4 h later and was discharged after 3 days of hospitalisation. Long-term follow-up showed no abnormalities, and the leading hypothesis was transient myocardial thickening.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>The first use of HFOT in a dyspneic cat is described in this study. HFOT could be a life-saving option for cats with severe hypoxemia or do-not-intubate orders that fail to respond to conventional oxygen therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231195767"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/0f/74/10.1177_20551169231195767.PMC10559714.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41161911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Petra Cˇerná, Michaela M Botts, Maggie Williams, Tawfik A Aboellail, Sarah Shropshire
{"title":"Fanconi syndrome with hepatorenal karyomegaly in a young Sphynx cat.","authors":"Petra Cˇerná, Michaela M Botts, Maggie Williams, Tawfik A Aboellail, Sarah Shropshire","doi":"10.1177/20551169231190611","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231190611","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 3-year-old male neutered Sphynx cat was referred for history of chronically increased liver enzymes and lower urinary tract signs that were first reported when the cat was 5 months old. Urine metabolic profile revealed increased amino aciduria and glucosuria despite normoglycemia, suggesting Fanconi syndrome. Urine sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a banding pattern suggestive of primary tubular damage. Serial blood work showed non-regenerative normocytic normochromic anemia, persistently elevated liver enzymes, worsening azotemia and progressive hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. Ultrasound revealed irregular kidneys and bilaterally hyperechoic cortices and medullae with a loss of normal corticomedullary distinction. Laparoscopic kidney biopsy revealed a moderate-to-severe chronic interstitial fibrosis with chronic lymphoplasmacytic inflammation, tubular degeneration and atrophy, mild glomerulosclerosis and mild large vascular amyloidosis. Tubular epithelial cell karyomegaly was multifocally evident throughout the kidney. The liver had moderate diffuse zone 1 hepatocellular atrophy, periportal fibrosis, biliary hyperplasia, mild perisinusoidal amyloidosis and hepatocyte karyomegaly in zones 2 and 3. The patient continued to decline and developed polyuria, polydipsia, lethargy and hyporexia irrespective of rigorous management, which failed to curtail the progressive anemia and azotemia. The patient was euthanized 8 months from the onset of clinical signs.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Fanconi syndrome in cats is a rare condition, with most reports occurring secondary to chlorambucil treatment. This is the first known case of Fanconi syndrome occurring with concurrent hepatorenal epithelial karyomegaly in a young Sphynx cat.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231190611"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/84/45/10.1177_20551169231190611.PMC10559701.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41169366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jack Fawsitt, Oliver Russell, Akash Alexander, Anne-Lorraine Peschard, Hannah Wong, Andre Kortum
{"title":"Clinical remission of feline sino-nasal aspergillosis despite evidence of persistent infection.","authors":"Jack Fawsitt, Oliver Russell, Akash Alexander, Anne-Lorraine Peschard, Hannah Wong, Andre Kortum","doi":"10.1177/20551169231201605","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231201605","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>Feline sino-nasal aspergillosis is a rare condition with only sparse heterogeneous reports in the literature regarding its treatment. This report describes the presentation, treatment and outcome of a cat with sino-nasal aspergillosis treated by meticulous debridement in combination with topical and systemic azole therapy. Diagnosis was based on MRI, in combination with rhinoscopic assessment and visualisation of fungal plaques, followed by histopathology, fungal culture and panfungal PCR. The cat was treated by debridement of fungal plaques via anterior rhinoscopy and frontal sinusotomy and local instillation of 1% clotrimazole solution, followed by a 4-week course of oral itraconazole. Histopathology confirmed fungal rhinitis and culture identified <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i> and <i>Aspergillus versicolor</i>. Clinical remission was achieved after treatment; however, evidence of persistent infection was confirmed in the post-mortem examination 8 months after the cat was euthanased for unrelated reasons.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Despite clinical remission, the persistence of fungal infection post mortem highlights the challenges of monitoring the response to treatment and illustrates that the resolution of clinical signs does not necessarily equate with a disease cure.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231201605"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10548797/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41137163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Osteosarcoma of the hyoid bone in a cat.","authors":"Munekazu Nakaichi, Takuya Itamoto, Yuki Nemoto, Hiroshi Sunahara, Harumichi Itoh, Kazuhito Itamoto, Kenji Tani","doi":"10.1177/20551169231188642","DOIUrl":"10.1177/20551169231188642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case summary: </strong>A 10-year-old male neutered Abyssinian cat was presented with the chief complaint of a right pharyngeal mass. On palpation, the mass was easily palpable; it appeared well demarcated and mobile, and oval in shape. Radiographic examination showed a radiopaque pharyngeal mass, which was revealed to be a well-demarcated mass lesion with a radiopaque marginal area on CT examination. The inside of the mass was uniformly well enhanced on contrast CT examination. A three-dimensional image reconstructed from the CT images strongly suggested that the mass originated from the right stylohyoid bone. No abnormal lesions were observed in the thoracic and abdominal CT examinations. Surgical excision of the mass was scheduled 3 weeks after the first admission. The mass was bluntly separated from the surrounding musculature and resected together with the ipsilateral epihyoid bone adjacent to the mass. Histopathological examination of the resected mass showed neoplastic cells with osteoid formation, and the mass was histopathologically diagnosed as an osteosarcoma. The postoperative recovery from anaesthesia was uneventful, and the cat began feeding on its own from the third postoperative day. The 3-month postoperative CT evaluation revealed no local recurrence or distant metastasis. The cat showed no abnormal findings at the time of writing (6 months postoperatively).</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>Although osteosarcoma derived from the hyoid bone has rarely been reported in the veterinary field, this report suggests that such tumours may occur in cats. In addition, partial excision of the hyoid apparatus seems to be well tolerated in cats.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231188642"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f8/0e/10.1177_20551169231188642.PMC10540576.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41170657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cristiane Bazaga Botelho, Rafaella Tortoriello, Sandra Nogueira Koch, Natália Lôres Lopes, Ronaldo Lucas, Julio Israel Fernandes
{"title":"Middle ear cholesteatoma in two cats diagnosed with the aid of video-otoscopy.","authors":"Cristiane Bazaga Botelho, Rafaella Tortoriello, Sandra Nogueira Koch, Natália Lôres Lopes, Ronaldo Lucas, Julio Israel Fernandes","doi":"10.1177/20551169231196528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/20551169231196528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Case series summary: </strong>The present report describes middle ear cholesteatoma in two cats and also the use of video-otoscopy and flushing to assist with the diagnosis. CT and video-otoscopic examination and flushing were performed in two cats, a 13-year-old mixed breed spayed female cat and a 1-year-old mixed breed male cat, with middle ear cholesteatomas. During the procedure, keratinous material from the middle ears was collected for histopathological evaluation, demonstrating findings consistent with cholesteatoma, and the middle ears were flushed extensively.</p><p><strong>Relevance and novel information: </strong>There is little information about middle ear cholesteatoma in cats, and to the authors' knowledge, there are no reports in cats investigating the use of video-otoscopy to aid in the diagnosis of aural cholesteatoma, and this report demonstrates that it can aid in the diagnosis of this condition in cats. In addition, one of the cats had a concurrent otic polyp, which has not been previously reported in cats with cholesteatoma. Additionally, this is the first report of cholesteatoma in a young cat. The access to the cholesteatoma material was via ventral bulla osteotomy in one cat and via external canal without video-otoscopy in the other. More information regarding cholesteatoma in cats will help identify potential similarities and differences of this condition in cats compared with humans and dogs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36588,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports","volume":"9 2","pages":"20551169231196528"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c4/97/10.1177_20551169231196528.PMC10540574.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41154848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}