Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to P E Galloway.
Ethmoturbinate polyps are described in a one-year-old cat with a four month history of stertorous respiration and frequent sneezing. Remission of clinical signs occurred after rhinotomy and polypectomy. This appears to be the first known case of nasal polyps reported from outside Italy and the USA.
A cystic thymoma was identified in an eight-year-old domestic longhair cat with a chronic cough. Radiographs indicated a large mass of soft tissue density in the anterior thorax. Ultrasonography revealed an echogenic mass occupying the cranial and mid-thorax with a slight swirling movement of the echoes. Subsequent drainage under ultrasound guidance yielded a cholesterol-rich fluid. The mass was resected at exploratory thoracotomy and the diagnosis of thymoma confirmed. There was no sign of recurrence one year postoperatively. The clinical features and unusual laboratory findings are presented and compared with previously reported cases of thymomata in the cat.