Tag Archives: Feline

Nasal cryptococcosis in a cat

Nasal cryptococcosis in a cat History: 4 year-old female spayed DSH cat developed a nasal swelling and inspiratory noise. Biopsies were submitted. Histopathology: Nasal turbinate:  The submucosa is expanded by large numbers of fungal yeasts forming sheets. The yeasts are 15-20 … Continue reading

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Apocrine ductular adenoma in a cat

Apocrine ductular adenoma in a cat History: Skin biopsy from a 15 year-old cat, taken from the abdomen. Histopathology: Haired skin: The dermis contains a multilobulated, well circumscribed,unencapsulated neoplasm of epithelial cells arranged in a tubulo-papillary pattern in an abundant … Continue reading

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Signet Ring type malignant melanoma in a cat

Signet Ring type malignant melanoma in a cat** History: Axillary mass from an 11 year-old cat. Histopathology: This specimen consists of sheets of neoplastic cells, with many lymphocytes dispersed throughout the population of neoplastic cells. These lymphocytes sometimes form nodules. These neoplastic … Continue reading

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Necrotizing pyogranulomatous encephalitis in a cat

Necrotizing pyogranulomatous encephalitis in a cat Whats your diagnosis #4 Click here for original post History: An 8 month old castrated male  DSH cat with weak PLR’s, slow menace,  circling to the left, and then progressed to ataxia, and he had a distendedbladder. … Continue reading

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Whats your diagnosis #4

Whats your diagnosis #4 History: An 8 month old castrated male  DSH cat with weak PLR’s, slow menace,  circling to the left, and then progressed to ataxia, and he had a distended bladder. Gross findings: No gross abnormalities Histopathology: Brain:  There are … Continue reading

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