Tracheal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treated with Tracheal Resection and Anastomosis in a Cat

Table 1

Primary feline tracheal squamous cell carcinoma.

Source	Signalment	Treatment and outcome	Survival
Veith et al. 1974	2YO DSH	N/A	0 days
Lobetti et al. 1992	N/A	Euthanized with no treatment	0 days
Jakubiak et al. 2005	11.5YO FS DSH	Euthanized with no treatment	~7 days
Jelinek et al. 2012	11YO FS DSH	Euthanized with no treatment	0 days
Queen et al. 2010	16YO MC DSH	Debulked with an endoscopic snare. Clinical remission for 4 weeks until SCC regrowth and severe dyspnea recurrence.	28-42 days postsurgery
Howard et al. 2017	9YO MC Bengal	No treatment for a month. Endoscopic debulking led to clinical remission for 2 months. Another endoscopic debulking allowed for an additional 20 days of clinical remission until severe dyspnea recurred and the patient was euthanized.	CR for 60 days after initial debulk, CR 20 days after second debulk (110 days total)
Current report	10YO MC DSH	Tracheal resection and anastomosis. Margins incomplete. Referred to oncology to discuss further options including revisional surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. No further treatment had been initiated at the time of last phone recheck (120 days postoperatively)	In CR at the time of last phone update (120 days postop)

Abbreviations: CR: clinical remission: DSH: domestic shorthair; FS: female spayed; MC: male castrated; N/A: not available; YO: year old.