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Metastatic pulmonary carcinomas in cats ('feline lung-digit syndrome'): further variations on a theme.
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- Ultrasonographic Features of Pleural Thickening in Cats With Pulmonary Carcinoma and Pleural Effusion: A Retrospective Descriptive Study.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Immunohistochemical Evaluation of RUNX2, Osteocalcin, and Vimentin in Feline Primary Pulmonary Carcinomas.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Ophthalmology.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2026Article
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- A review of spontaneous bone metastases in domestic and laboratory animals.Journal of bone oncology · 2026Review
- Treatment of Feline Lung-Digit Syndrome with Toceranib Phosphate: Prolonged Survival and Novel Metastatic Findings.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Suspected unusual digital metastases of a primary renal cell carcinoma in a cat.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2026Article
- Feline lung-digit syndrome: A differential diagnosis for shifting, waxing and waning lameness in a cat.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2024Article
- Pulmonary mass-like lesion caused by Toxoplasma gondii in a domestic shorthair cat.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2021Article
- A complex histopathological challenge: suspicion of an osteoblastoma-like osteosarcoma arising from the second thoracic vertebra in a cat.BMC veterinary research · 2020Article
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- Unusual invasion of primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma in a cat.JFMS open reportsArticle
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Abstract
case series summaryThe aim of this retrospective case series was to describe seven cases where cats with primary lung tumours were presented because of metastases to extra-pulmonary sites ('feline lung-digit syndrome'). Specifically, we wanted to emphasise less typical case descriptions where tumour emboli resulted in lesions developing in the musculature (including the muscles of the head), skin or distal aorta. RELEVANCE AND NOVEL INFORMATION: The cases are presented to increase clinical awareness of this entity in feline practice, especially when characteristic combinations of clinical signs are present. When clinicians have a high index of suspicion for these presentations, radiology (thorax and digits) or ultrasound (distal aorta), combined with collection of fine needle aspirate specimens for cytology, are usually sufficient to secure a definitive diagnosis. Novel information in this series includes CT and MRI findings from some cases. Typically, needle aspiration or biopsy targeting the skin, digits and lesions in musculature is far easier compared with sampling the primary tumour site in the lungs. The differential diagnosis and investigation of multiple digital lesions is also considered.
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