Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.69, sa.1, ss.105-109, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is an uncommon disease in humans and animals caused by pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim of this study was to investigate pathomorphological findings of PVOD in a cat. A mass was detected in the right atrium with echocardiography in an 11-year-old male cat. Following treatments, necropsy of the cat was performed after death due to respiratory failure. Macroscopically, masses were detected in mesenteric lymph node, mediastinal lymph node and, heart. Congestion and consolidated areas with edema were seen in the examination of the lung. Histopathologically, neoplastic lymphoid cells were observed in intestine, lymph nodes and heart. In lung, vein lumens were almost completely occluded by mostly loose intimal fibrosis. Near affected veins, increasing in number of the capillaries was observed. While intimal fibrosis was detected by Masson's trichrome staining, the occluded veins were demonstrated by Verhoeff-van Gieson staining. In this case report, pathomorphological evaluation of PVOD was performed and as a result of clinicopathological examinations; PVOD, intestinal lymphoma, and cardiac metastasis were described in a male cat.