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Case Reports
. 2006 Oct;8(5):340-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.02.007. Epub 2006 May 2.

Parathyroid adenocarcinoma in a nephropathic Persian cat

Paola Cavana  1 , Valentina Vittone, Maria T Capucchio, Anna M Farca
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Case Reports

Parathyroid adenocarcinoma in a nephropathic Persian cat

Paola Cavana et al. J Feline Med Surg. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

This report describes an uncommon clinical case of cystic parathyroid adenocarcinoma. A 17-year-old male Persian cat was presented for evaluation of a ventral cervical mass. The cat was inappetent and showed weight loss, polydipsia and vomiting. Serum biochemistry and urinalysis revealed moderate hypercalcaemia, a mild increase of creatinine, isosthenuria and proteinuria. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-agarose gel electrophoresis showed a mixed tubular proteinuric pattern, in accordance with histological examination that revealed interstitial nephritis and glomerulonephritis. Diagnosis of parathyroid carcinoma was based on histopathological findings.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
SDS-AGE of urine proteins. Blue arrows, tubular proteins; *, albumin; and pink arrows, glomerular proteins.
Fig 2
Fig 2
A – Voluminous mass located in the ventral cervical region attached to the trachea; B – Neoplastic cells organised in sheets separated by thin fibrous tissue (haematoxylin and eosin; figure obtained using Nikon Coolscope objective 20×; bar 50 μm).
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