Diagnóstico anatomopatológico de linfoma mediastínico, aelurostrongilose e platinosomose em um felino

Resumo

Lymphoma is the most common malignancy in domestic cats. The aim is to report a case of lymphoma mediastinal associated with intense parasitism of the lung and liver. The diagnosis was given in pathology, after the animal has progressive weight loss and dyspnoea shortly before death. At necropsy there was parasitism by Platynosomum fastosum in biliary system and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in the lung. Moreover, a cranial lung mediastinal neoplastic mass was found and was diagnosed microscopy as high grade malignancy lymphoma. Thus, it is concluded that the cause of death of the cat was a mediastinum high grade lymphoma.

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Palavras-chave

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Necropsia, Platynosomun fastosum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Necropsy

Citação

TERRA, Juliano Pereira; COSTA, Mizael Machado da; LOBO, Mateus Henrique da Silva; BONFIM, Leuton Scharles; MIGUEL, Marina Pacheco. Diagnóstico anatomopatológico de linfoma mediastínico, aelurostrongilose e platinosomose em um felino. Enciclopédia Biosfera, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 21, p. 2167-2173, jun. 2015.