Dystrophic mineralisation in chronic exogenous lipid pneumonia in cats
Mallol, Claudia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari.)
Espada, Yvonne (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)
Lloret Roca, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari.)
Altuzarra, Raúl (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari.)
Anselmi, Carlo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Hospital Clínic Veterinari.)
Novellas Torroja, Rosa (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)

Fecha:	2019
Resumen:	Exogenous lipid pneumonia with mineralisation of the lung parenchyma was diagnosed in three cats with radiographs, CT and/or bronchoalveolar lavage cytological findings. All three cats had a common clinical history of chronic constipation and long-term forced oral administration of mineral oil. All three cases showed radiographic findings compatible with aspiration pneumonia, with an alveolar pattern in the ventral part of the middle and/or cranial lung lobes. Minor improvement of the radiographic lung pattern in the follow-up studies was seen in two cats, and a miliary 'sponge-like' mineralised pattern appeared in the previously affected lung lobes months to years after the diagnosis. In one cat, patchy fat-attenuating areas in the consolidated lung lobes were present on thoracic CT. Cases 1 and 2 showed respiratory signs at the initial presentation, while in case 3 the radiographic findings were incidental and the cat had never exhibited respiratory signs. This is the first report to describe dystrophic mineralisation of the lung in exogenous lipid pneumonia and also the first to describe the CT features in cats. Exogenous lipid pneumonia should be included in the differential diagnosis in cases of miliary 'sponge-like' mineral opacities in the dependent part of the lung lobes on thoracic radiographs or CT in cats, especially in cases of chronic constipation, previously exposed to mineral oil.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; Versió publicada
Materia:	Exogenous lipid pneumonia ; Chronic pneumonia ; Lung mineralisation ; Constipation ; Mineral oil
Publicado en:	Journal of feline medicine and surgery open reports, Vol. 5 (may 2019) , ISSN 2055-1169

DOI: 10.1177/2055116919850255
PMID: 31205738

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