I got Dr. Ishida's article and read it. Lucy's fluid cytology fits every one
of the criteria he used for determining fip effusion. The only thing she
does not have (or didn't on 1/17 when bloodwork was done, anyway) that he used
for diagnosis criteria is high protein and globulin levels in the blood, but
Dr. Addie says that only 50% of cats with wet fip have that, maybe because
they
are effusing some of their proteins and globulins into their abdomen rather
than it all circulating in their blood, I don't know. Anyway, it really
seems, and looks, like fip at this point. Except that I can't get anyone to
give
me an answer about what the cytology parameters are for toxo effusions.
Michelle
