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15-year-old Male Neutered Domestic Shorthair
4.7 kg
Diagnosis
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Pleural effusion (pyothorax)
Confirmed
Imaging findings
The patient presented for acute respiratory distress. Nonspecific pleural effusion was identified on radiographs. Thoracocentesis was performed, and fluid cytology revealed the presence of numerous neutrophils, macrophages, and both intracellular and extracellular cocci and rods, consistent with a pyothorax.
Contributed by
- Oren Ofer
DVM, DVSc, DACVR
52 cases
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Cite this case
Ofer O. Pleural effusion (pyothorax). Radabase case 868b0fd7. Retrieved 2026-11-08 from https://www.radabase.vet/case/868b0fd7-dafd-495d-b28e-976822ac783c
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