CASE REPORT: AORTIC THROMBOEMBOLISM RELATED TO POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN A CAT.

A cross-breed female cat was presented with clinical signs of abdominal pain, paralysis of both hind limbs, tachycardia, tachypnea and bilateral absence of the femoral pulse. Necropsy confirmed an aortic thrombus at 2 cm above the adrenal glands, the heart with left atrial dilation and hypertrophied left ventricle, multiple bilateral kidney cysts and ectopic thyroid tissue. Histopathological examination reveals the kidney with multiple cysts, diffuse loss of renal structural details without inflammatory cells, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and no ectopic thyroid tissue changes. This communication describes a case of aortic thromboembolism associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy due to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and ectopic thyroid tissue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]