1. Multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography in a cat with fatal heartworm disease.
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Panopoulos I, Specchi S, Soubasis N, Papastefanou A, Brellou G, and Auriemma E
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- Animals, Cat Diseases parasitology, Cats, Dirofilaria immitis isolation & purification, Dirofilariasis complications, Dirofilariasis parasitology, Fatal Outcome, Female, Pulmonary Artery diagnostic imaging, Pulmonary Embolism diagnostic imaging, Pulmonary Embolism parasitology, Angiography veterinary, Cat Diseases diagnostic imaging, Dirofilariasis diagnostic imaging, Multidetector Computed Tomography veterinary, Pulmonary Embolism veterinary
- Abstract
A 17-month-old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was referred for a computed tomographic (CT) study of the thorax due to respiratory distress. Multidetector CT angiography showed a multifocal interstitial ground glass opacity, tortuous and blunted pulmonary arteries consistent with thromboembolism with perivascular lung infiltration and hypoventilation in multiple lung lobes. A blood antigen test was positive for Dirofilaria immitis. The cat's clinical condition rapidly declined and the owners elected euthanasia. The histopathologic examination confirmed heartworm disease with parasitic pulmonary thromboembolism., (© 2017 American College of Veterinary Radiology.)
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- 2018
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