Central Lab for Veterinarians
5645 199TH STREET
LANGLEY, BC CANADA V3A 1H9
(604)533-4884

BCSPCA
FAX 879-43289 (A65)
1205 E. 7th AVENUE
VANCOUVER, BC
V5T 1R1
(604)879-3571

PATIENT: SPCA, 101880
AGE: 10 Y SEX: M
SPECIES: FELINE

SAMPLE ID: 220801232
DRWN: 08/04/02 17:19
RCVD: 08/04/02 17:19
PRNT: 08/12/02 12:37

COMPLETE REPORT
ATTENDING VET: O'BRIEN

CAT DIED SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS ILLNESS HISTORY (REQUEST AUTOPSY).
WEIGHT: 12 LBS.
M/N DSH

TEST NAME
Necropsy:
10806
NECROPSY OF A NEUTERED MALE CAT WITH BLACK AND WHITE HAIR, WEIGHING 5.4 KG REVEALS SLIGHT CYANOSIS OF MUCUS MEMBRANES, THORACIC CAVITY FULL OF SEROSANGUINEOUS FLUID AND COMPRESSION ATELECTASIS OF THE LUNGS. THERE ARE FIBRIN ADHESIONS BETWEEN THE LEFT LUNG LOBES AND DORSAL THORAX, AND THE SURFACE OF THE LEFT LOBES HAVE A DULL ROUGHENED APPEARANCE. A OVAL 1.0 X 2.0 CM DARK RED MASS (LYMPH NODE?) IS PRESENT IN THE CRANIAL MEDIASTINUM JUST INSIDE THE THORACIC INLET. THE LEFT VENTRICLE IS THICKENED. THE LEFT THYROID GLAND IS NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ENLARGED AND FIRM. THE RIGHT THYROID GLAND IS ENLARGED, DARK RED AND NODULAR. THE STOMACH IS MODERATELY FULL OF FOOD. HISTOLOGY TO FOLLOW.

Dr. Allan Berrington
ATELECTASIS AND CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. FIBRINOUS PLEURITIS. BILATERAL THYROID ADENOMATOSIS. VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY WITH FOCAL SCARRING. CHRONIC PANCREATITIS AND PANCREATIC FIBROSIS. ISLET AMYLOIDOSIS. CONGESTION, LIVER. CONGESTION AND LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA, THORACIC LYMPH NODE. MEMBRANEOUS GLOMERULITIS. FIP IS A CONCERN HERE - PLEURITIS. CONSIDER IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING. AJB