TY - JOUR
T1 - Skin fragility syndrome in a cat with multicentric follicular lymphoma
AU - Crosaz, Odile
AU - Vilaplana-Grosso, Federico
AU - Alleaume, Charline
AU - Cordonnier, Nathalie
AU - Bedu-Leperlier, Anne-Sophie
AU - Marignac, Geneviève
AU - Hubert, Blaise
AU - Rosenberg, Dan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - An 11-year-old, spayed female domestic shorthair cat was presented for a right flank wound. On clinical examination, a single non-painful skin tear lesion with irregular edges was detected. During the examination, star-shaped cigarette paper-like skin lesions appeared spontaneously. An abdominal mass was also palpated. Feline skin fragility syndrome (FSFS) was suspected and a multicentric lymphoma was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The cat's condition declined and it died spontaneously. Post-mortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of lymphoma. Neoplastic lymphocytes were not observed in the skin. Histological analysis of the skin was consistent with the morphological aspects of FSFS. A possible direct link between the two conditions remains a matter of speculation, but this case report provides the first description of FSFS associated with multicentric follicular lymphoma. Thus, multicentric follicular lymphoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cats presenting with FSFS.
AB - An 11-year-old, spayed female domestic shorthair cat was presented for a right flank wound. On clinical examination, a single non-painful skin tear lesion with irregular edges was detected. During the examination, star-shaped cigarette paper-like skin lesions appeared spontaneously. An abdominal mass was also palpated. Feline skin fragility syndrome (FSFS) was suspected and a multicentric lymphoma was diagnosed by fine needle aspiration. The cat's condition declined and it died spontaneously. Post-mortem examination confirmed the diagnosis of lymphoma. Neoplastic lymphocytes were not observed in the skin. Histological analysis of the skin was consistent with the morphological aspects of FSFS. A possible direct link between the two conditions remains a matter of speculation, but this case report provides the first description of FSFS associated with multicentric follicular lymphoma. Thus, multicentric follicular lymphoma should be considered as a differential diagnosis in cats presenting with FSFS.
KW - Animals
KW - Cat Diseases
KW - Cats
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Fatal Outcome
KW - Female
KW - Lymphoma, Follicular
KW - Skin Diseases
U2 - 10.1177/1098612X13483460
DO - 10.1177/1098612X13483460
M3 - Article
C2 - 23580701
SN - 1098-612X
VL - 15
SP - 953
EP - 958
JO - Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
JF - Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
IS - 10
ER -