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Multimodal Treatment of Poorly Differentiated Tracheobronchial Carcinoma in a Persian Cat

  • Park, Yohan (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Song, Kunho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2022.03.01
  • Accepted : 2022.04.04
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

A 14-year-old castrated male Persian cat presented with a 2-week history of respiratory difficulty. On physical examination, the patient showed intermittent open-mouth breathing and thoracic auscultation revealed wheezing. Thoracic radiographs revealed a narrowed upper airway and pulmonary infiltration. Computed tomography detected a mass occluding the lumen of the trachea at the level of the entrance to the thorax, a mass causing right main bronchus stenosis, and a nodule on the right caudal lung lobe. Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology tentatively diagnosed a carcinoma. Tracheal mass resection was performed through tracheostomy. Histopathology confirmed the presence of tracheobronchial carcinoma. The survival time after diagnosis was 10 months, during which time the cat underwent tracheostomy, debulking by endotracheal tube, and tracheal stent placement procedures in combination with toceranib phosphate adjuvant chemotherapy.

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