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Intracranial meningioma in two coeval adult cats from the same litter.

Ivona OrgonikovaLorenzo MariChiara GiannasiMartí Pumarola I BatlleSebastien BehrJosep Brocal
Published in: JFMS open reports (2021)
Cases of familial meningioma in cats have not previously been described in the veterinary literature. However, familial meningioma is well described in humans and it is possible that cases are underestimated in animals. We discuss the possible genetic background and other causes, as well as challenges we may face in veterinary medicine in identifying these associations.
Keyphrases
  • optic nerve
  • early onset
  • systematic review
  • optical coherence tomography
  • genome wide
  • dna methylation
  • gene expression
  • copy number