Acta Veterinaria Eurasia
Case Report

Secondary Inflammatory Mammary Carcinoma in a Cat? Clinical and Cytological Findings

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Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Avcilar Campus, Istanbul, Turkey

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Department of Pathology, İstanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 34320, Avcılar, İstanbul, Türkiye

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Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Avcılar, Istanbul, Turkey

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İstanbul Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Doğum ve Jinekoloji Anabilim Dalı, 34320 Avcılar, İstanbul 2Animate Veteriner Kliniği, 34330 Beşiktaş, İstanbul

Acta Vet Eurasia 2015; 41: 109-112
DOI: 10.16988/iuvfd.2015.71535
Read: 1694 Downloads: 842 Published: 23 December 2019

A case of secondary feline mammary tumor described and discussed with its clinical features similar to inflammatory mammary carcinoma (IMC) in this paper. In cats, there were only very few cases of IMC reported until now. A 14-year-old, longhaired female cat was presented to the clinic for the rapid onset of erythema, local pain and warmth of the inguinal region, with a mild exudative haemorrhagiculcereted lesion in association with a good-defined underlying mass. The cat had bilateral mastectomy surgery four years ago. Cytological findings were highly associated with inflammatory mammary carcinoma. Due to diffuse pulmonary metastases of the cat surgery could not be suggested as a treatment. In conclusion 1) feline IMC could be useful as an animal model of human inflammatory breast cancer 2) mammary cancer patients should be approached cautiously after even bilaterally performed mastectomy surgeries.

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