Erythremic myelosis in a cat/Mielose eritremica em um gato

The aim of this research is to describe a case of erythremic myelosis in a cat. This disease is considered rare in veterinary clinics. A one-year-old female siamese cat was brought to the veterinary hospital with clinical signs of severe anemia, emaciation and fever. The blood panel revealed marked...

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Published in:Ciência rural 2011-01, Vol.41 (1), p.149
Main Authors: Martins, Danieli Brolo, Cunha, Marina Gabriela Carvalho Mori, Masuda, Eduardo Keinji, Lopes, Sonia Terezinha dos Anjos, Mazzanti, Cinthia Melazzo, Pippi, Ney Luiz, Fighera, Rafael Almeida
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Language:Spanish
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Anemia
Blood
Medical examination
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Summary:The aim of this research is to describe a case of erythremic myelosis in a cat. This disease is considered rare in veterinary clinics. A one-year-old female siamese cat was brought to the veterinary hospital with clinical signs of severe anemia, emaciation and fever. The blood panel revealed marked nonregenerative anemia with elevated number of atypical erythroid progenitors and megacaryoblasts. Elevated atypical erythroid over myeloid precursors (above 85%) were also found in bone marrow biopsy. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of lymph nodes revealed immature erythoid cells. At necropsy, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow were obliterated by neoplastic cells. The diagnosis of erythremic myelosis was given by clinical, laboratorial and pathological findings.
ISSN:0103-8478