Necrotizing leptomeningeal vasculitis associated with a compressive meningioma in a cat: a rare paraneoplastic syndrome

Les J. Gabor; Ines Walther; Kathleen Mullins; Melinda Gabor; Andrea Borque

doi:10.4081/vsd.2012.4010

Necrotizing leptomeningeal vasculitis associated with a compressive meningioma in a cat: a rare paraneoplastic syndrome

https://doi.org/10.4081/vsd.2012.4010

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)

Submitted: 2 December 2011
Accepted: 6 December 2011

Published: 10 February 2012

Paraneoplastic syndrome, vasculitis, feline, neuropathology

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Les J. Gabor
les.gabor@novartis.com
Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada; Pre Clinical Safety, Novartis Animal Health Australia, Yarrandoo, Kemps Creek, NSW, Australia.
Ines Walther Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.
Kathleen Mullins Veterinary Regional Referral Hospital, Decatur, AL, United States.
Melinda Gabor State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, EMAI, Menangle, Australia.
Andrea Borque Department of Microbiology and Pathology, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Australia.

A 17 year old cat with a compressive meningioma was found to have an intradural, severe necrotizing vasculitis, spatially un associated with the neoplasm. Paraneoplastic vasculitis has been reported in two cases in the human literature associated with meningiomas. This is the first report of such an association in a domestic species.

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Gabor, L. J., Walther, I., Mullins, K., Gabor, M., & Borque, A. (2012). Necrotizing leptomeningeal vasculitis associated with a compressive meningioma in a cat: a rare paraneoplastic syndrome. Veterinary Science Development, 2(1), e4. https://doi.org/10.4081/vsd.2012.4010