Abstract

The diagnosis of bilateral primary renal paragangliomas in a cat

Highlights

  • Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours arising from extra-adrenal paraganglia of the autonomic nervous system (Davis et al 1997)

  • Veterinary literature regarding primary renal neoplasms in the cat is scarce, and information is generally limited to dated case http://www.jsava.co.za

  • Additional primary renal tumours that have been demonstrated in cats include transitional cell carcinoma (Hanzlicek et al 2012), cystadenoma (Mosenco et al 2008), squamous cell carcinoma (Gomez Selgas, Scase & Foale 2014), adenoma (Clark & Wilson 1988), leiomyosarcoma (Evans & Fowlkes 2016); adenocarcinoma (Britt, Ryan & Howard 1985) and nephroblastoma (Henry et al 1999), with none reported to be paragangliomas

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Summary

Introduction

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours arising from extra-adrenal paraganglia of the autonomic nervous system (Davis et al 1997). This is the first reported case of bilateral extra-adrenal primary renal paragangliomas in the cat.

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