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.