Blood smear from a cat: features to "dys"cover

Tanya M Grondin1, Melinda J Wilkerson, Jill C Lurye

  • 1Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. tgrondin@vet.k-state.edu

Summary

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection caused dysmyelopoiesis, a bone marrow disorder, in a cat. This unique case showed dysplasia in cell lines without low blood counts, mimicking myelodysplastic syndrome.