The rick factors of the occurrence and development of intranasal neoplasms in cats

Abstract

Intranasal neoplasms in cats are less common than in dogs and, according to the literature, account for up to 1% of all neoplasms in cats. Most often, carcinoma and sarcoma develop in cats of the middle age group, and intranasal lymphomas are more common in younger animals.The etiological factors causing intranasal neoplasms in cats are diverse. The algorithm for diagnosing nasal neoplasms in cats depends on the clinical manifestations of the process and includes diagnostics aimed at determining the clinical stage of cancer and making a final diagnosis based on a morphological conclusion. And also a diagnostic algorithm is necessary for the choice of treatment methods. The determination of the clinical stage directly depends on the visualization of the neoplasm in the nasal passages, the involvement of one or two nasal passages in the oncological process, the degree of spread of the tumor into the surrounding tissues – using visual diagnostic methods such as MRI and CT aimed at determining the localization of pathology, the spread, the degree of invasion and the degree of involvement of blood vessels in a specific oncological process. Diagnostic methods such as palpation of regional lymph nodes, chest X-rays and ultrasonography of abdominal organs are aimed at determining the clinical stage of oncopathologies.