NEUROMUSCULAR WEAKNESS AS A PRIMARY CLINICAL SIGN ASSOCIATED WITH METASTATIC NEOPLASIA IN 2 CATS

Two cats presenting for neuromuscular weakness were diagnosed with met astatic neoplasia to the neuromuscular system. Pathologic manifestatio ns included radiographic evidence of pulmonary pathology and vasoinvas ive metastatic epithelial neoplasm leading to polymyopathy in one case . Chronic, active neuropathy in association with metastatic pulmonary carcinoma was evidenced in the second case. In both cats, clinical sig ns were unresponsive to therapy.