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Other possibilities include extension/metastatic/ectopic thyroid adenocarcinoma, a mediastinal abscess, or a branchial cyst.

Other possibilities include extension/metastatic/ectopic thyroid adenocarcinoma, a mediastinal abscess, or a branchial cyst.

|l1=Lymphoma

|l1=Thymus Neoplasia

|q2=What findings would be expected on clinical examination of this cat?

|q2=What findings would be expected on clinical examination of this cat?

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Clinical examination would show reduced ‘rib-spring’ or compliance of the cranial thorax, an absence of lung sounds cranially, and dullness on percussion of the thorax cranially. There would also be caudal displacement of the normal cardiac sounds.

Clinical examination would show reduced ‘rib-spring’ or compliance of the cranial thorax, an absence of lung sounds cranially, and dullness on percussion of the thorax cranially. There would also be caudal displacement of the normal cardiac sounds.

|l2=Lymphoma

|l2=Thymus Neoplasia

|q3=How readily could you distinguish between the two major differential diagnoses in this case? How would you do this?

|q3=How readily could you distinguish between the two major differential diagnoses in this case? How would you do this?

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Even needle biopsies do not always give a definitive diagnosis and, where doubt exists, surgical biopsies may be required.

Even needle biopsies do not always give a definitive diagnosis and, where doubt exists, surgical biopsies may be required.

|l3=Lymphoma

|l3=Thymus Neoplasia

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