Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefit of intracavitary carboplatin chemotherapy in cats with malignant pleural effusion of epithelial origin. Methods: The medical records of cats with a cytological diagnosis of neoplastic pleural effusion of epithelial origin were reviewed...

Objectives: The aims of this retrospective study were to report the short- and long-term outcome in cats treated for pyothorax and to identify prognostic indicators as well as determine recurrence rate. Methods: Medical records from April 2009 to August 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Cases...

Compare the effect of surgical treatment and conservative treatment of cat idiopathic chylothorax under thoracoscopy. Cats with idiopathic chylothorax are treated in two ways. Conservative treatment is to place a thoracic catheter for daily suction of pleural effusion, while taking rutin drugs and...

Objectives: The aim of this article is to present pyothorax in cats. A clinical case is discussed, detailing the aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and microbiology of the disorder. Background: Pyothorax, also known as thoracic empyema, is characterized by the accumulation of septic purulent fluid...

Objectives: Non-chylous lymphorrhagic pleural effusions are transudative effusions with a predominance of lymphocytes; however, they do not contain chylomicrons and therefore do not have the classical milky aspect of true chylous effusion. This type of effusion has been anecdotally associated with...

A 10-year-old female spayed Maine Coon presented with lethargy, weight loss and severe dyspnoea. Radiographs showed mediastinal enlargement and marked pleural effusion. Thoracocentesis yielded a highly protein-rich transudate with macrophages predominating. Computed tomography identified a large...

The aim of this paper was to present a review of 79 cases of pleural cavity diseases in cats that were examined in the Department of Pathology and Veterinary Diagnostics. Accumulation of fluid within the pleural cavity - hydrothorax - takes place in numerous pathological conditions. This...

Case summary: A 12-year-old domestic shorthair cat was presented with acute non-painful hindlimb proprioceptive ataxia localising to T3-L3 spinal cord segments. MRI revealed paravertebral muscular hyperintensity on T2-weighted images at the level of T7-T8 vertebrae. The cat improved on conservative ...

CASE REPORT: Pulmonary lymphomatoid granulomatosis (PLG) is a very rare disease of dogs and humans and only one feline case has been reported. PLG has not previously been associated with pyothorax. A 7-year-old female neutered British Short Hair cat was presented for further investigation and...

Cases involving pleural and peritoneal effusions occur relatively frequently in clinical practice. Determining the underlying etiology in these cases relies mainly on fluid analysis. The technique used for obtaining the pleural or peritoneal fluid can impact greatly the results of the analysis....