Diagnosis and treatment of chylothorax associated with lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma in four cats. Academic Article

abstract

• Chylothorax was diagnosed in 4 cats with lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma. Clinical findings included dyspnea, muffled heart sounds, and noncompressibility of the cranial portion of the thorax. All cats had high pleural fluid triglyceride concentration. Lymphosarcoma was diagnosed by cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid in 3 cats and by histologic evaluation of a cranial cervical lymph node in 1 cat. Two cats were euthanatized prior to any treatment, and the other 2 cats were managed by thoracic drainage, chemotherapy, and/or irradiation.

authors

• Rogers, Kenita

published proceedings

• J Am Vet Med Assoc

author list (cited authors)

• Forrester, S. D., Fossum, T. W., & Rogers, K. S

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Forrester, SD||Fossum, TW||Rogers, KS

publication date

• January 1991

published in

• Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Cat Diseases
• Cats
• Chylothorax
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Female
• Male
• Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-lymphoma

PubMed Central ID

• 2004993

start page

• 291

end page

• 294

volume

• 198

issue

• 2