Successful definitive‐intent radiation therapy for recurrent and metastatic feline thymoma with unusual extra‐thoracic metastasis

Abstract

AbstractA 10‐year‐old, male, neutered, domestic shorthair cat was referred for investigation of cough and dyspnoea episodes. A large cranial mediastinal mass was detected using computed tomography. Upon surgical removal, the mass was diagnosed as a lymphoid‐rich thymoma. Ten months postoperatively, the tumour was reported to recur, followed 2 months later by the development of an axillary mass and enlarged thoracic and superficial cervical lymph nodes. Recurrent and metastatic thymoma was confirmed, which was successfully treated with radiation therapy.