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KMID : 0359320220620030008
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
2022 Volume.62 No. 3 p.8 ~ p.8
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Computed tomographic diagnosis of broncholithiasis in a cat
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Kim Rak-Hoon
Fakhrossadat Emami
Seyed Jamaleddin Mostafavi Yazdi
Ryu Jeong-Min
Kim Min-Ji
Yoon Ji-Won
Noh Seul-Ah
Yu Do-Hyeon
Lee Hee-Chun
Hwang Tae-Sung
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Abstract
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A 5-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat was referred for further investigation of pulmonary nodules incidentally detected on thoracic radiographs. Thoracic radiographs identified ill-defined soft tissue opacity nodules with small faint mineral opacity. Thoracic computed tomography (CT) revealed that bronchial dilation and bronchial wall thickening in bilateral cranial and accessory lung lobes. Round to ellipsoid mineralized concretions were found embedded in the intrabronchial soft tissue attenuation material. Based on radiography, CT, and cytology, the patient was tentatively diagnosed as having broncholithiasis with chronic bronchitis. This report described the CT diagnosis of broncholithiasis, which has been rarely reported in a cat.
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KEYWORD
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broncholithiasis, cats, radiography, multidetector computed tomography, bronchitis
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