Dobromylskyj MJ, Martinez F, Lovell A. Spindle cell sarcomas, suggestive of peripheral nerve sheath tumours, arising in the tongues of two cats.
JFMS Open Rep 2019;
5:2055116919875259. [PMID:
31555462 PMCID:
PMC6753517 DOI:
10.1177/2055116919875259]
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Abstract
Case summary
Two domestic shorthair cats, one an 11-year-old female neutered cat and the
other a 13-year-old male neutered cat, presented with partly raised,
well-demarcated masses at the rostral tip of the tongue. Histological
examination and immunohistochemical staining were consistent with sarcomas,
and were most suggestive of peripheral nerve sheath tumours. One tumour had
histological features consistent with a malignant peripheral nerve sheath
tumour (PNST).
Relevance and novel information
Feline PNSTs arising on the tongue are rarely described in the published
literature, and, to our knowledge, a case of malignant PNST originating at
this site has not been described to date. Therefore, this represents a new
differential diagnosis for cats presenting with a lingual mass. Regardless
of histological malignancy, in cats these tumours have the potential for
local recurrence but appear very unlikely to metastasise.
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