Multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography in a cat with fatal heartworm disease
2018
Panopoulos, Ioannis | Specchi, Swan | Soubasis, Nektarios | Papastefanou, Anastasia | Brellou, Georgia | Auriemma, Edoardo
A 17‐month‐old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was referred for a computed tomographic (CT) study of the thorax due to respiratory distress. Multidetector CT angiography showed a multifocal interstitial ground glass opacity, tortuous and blunted pulmonary arteries consistent with thromboembolism with perivascular lung infiltration and hypoventilation in multiple lung lobes. A blood antigen test was positive for Dirofilaria immitis. The cat's clinical condition rapidly declined and the owners elected euthanasia. The histopathologic examination confirmed heartworm disease with parasitic pulmonary thromboembolism.
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