Osseous lesions resembling vaccine-site sar comas in two cats |
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| Authors: | KG Thompson RM Jerram CL Opie SS Bastianello |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences , Massey University , Palmerston North, New Zealand E-mail: K.G.Thompson@massey. ac.nz;2. Veterinary Specialist Group , Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand;3. The Pet Doctors , Browns Bay , Auckland, New Zealand;4. Gribbles Veterinary Pathology , PO Box 195, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Extract Lytic lesions with microscopic features similar to those of vaccine-site sarcomas were diagnosed in the distal femur of two young neutered male cats, one a 20-month-old Birman and the other an 18-month-old domestic short-hair (DSH). Radiographically, there was extensive destruction of trabecular and cortical bone in the metaphysis and/or epiphysis of the distal femur. The DSH cat also had angular deformity of the distal femur due to asymmetrical involvement of the physis. Histologically, the lesions in both cats consisted of dense, interwoven bundles of fibrous connective tissue, amongst which there were variable numbers of plump malignant mesenchymal cells, often with very large, hyperchromatic nuclei and irregularly shaped nucleoli. Several focal aggregates of small lymphocytes were present in both tumours. Although neither cat had apparently been vaccinated in the hindlimb it is possible that the tumours had been triggered by injection of some other irritant material. |
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