Case report. Restrictive cardiomyopathy with chylothorax in a cat: the pathogenesis
Trumpa, M.; Stephan, I.; Baumgartner, W.; Nolte, I.
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 111(11): 438-442
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-6593 PMID: 15573780 Document Number: 575247
A 8.5 year old castrated female domestic short-haired cat was presented because of progressive dyspnea, inappetence and weight loss. Special examinations revealed a chylothorax. In addition a restrictive cardiomyopathy was suspected. The cat was euthanized. The histopathologic examination of the heart confirmed the diagnosis of restrictive cardiomyopathy. The examination of the ductus thoracicus showed a intramural fibrosis with additional edema and a interstitial partly perivascular inflammation. The coherence between feline cardiopathy and chylothorax was discussed speculatively in previous reports. In this report we show a possible aetiopathology.