Cystic nasal adenocarcinoma in a cat treated with piroxicam and chemoembolization.

Author(s): Marioni-Henry K, Schwarz T, Weisse C, Muravnick KB

Affiliation(s): Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4544, USA.

Publication date & source: 2007-11, J Am Anim Hosp Assoc., 43(6):347-51.

Publication type: Case Reports

A 13-year-old, castrated male Siamese cat was presented with a 4-month history of recurrent seizures and bilateral conjunctivitis and rhinitis. Computed tomography of the brain and nose revealed a cystic lesion in the cranial cavity that compressed the brain and invaded the nose. Nasal biopsy revealed a nasal adenocarcinoma. The cat was treated with intermittent antibiotics, phenobarbital, piroxicam, and chemoembolization; it survived for 2 years after diagnosis.