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Chylous effusion in a dog related to
malignant peritoneal
mesothelioma: cytological diagnosis
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Zahra Nikousefat1*,
Mohammad Hashemnia2 and Moosa Javdani3 |
1Department
of Clinical Sciences and 2Pathobiology, School of Veterinary
Medicine, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran; 3Department of
Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
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Abstract |
A 12 years old female German Shepherd dog was presented to Veterinary
Hospital with a history of vomiting, distended abdomen and
the presence
of fluid in the
abdominal cavity.
Abdominal fluid was pink/white in colour with opaque clarity and too
lipemic that made difficult to estimate total protein. Value of
triglyceride in the fluid was 438 mg/dl. Numerous clusters of cohesive
cells in variable size amid many leukocytes and blood were observed in
the smear slides which were made from the sediment of the fluid.
Occasionally, cohesive cells were formed as an acinar-like structure
around eosinophilic materials (collagen core). Cells were ovoid to
polygonal with a round to ovoid nucleus, coarse chromatin, one to four
variably sized nucleoli and a moderate to abundant volume of basophilic
to deeply basophilic cytoplasm. A variable number of clear, round
cytoplasmic vacuoles were observed in some cells. Moderate anisocytosis
and anisokarosis, bi-and multi nucleation and prominent multiple
nucleoli were observed in some cells. Some cells showed window
interdigitating microvilli. These findings are consistent with a
malignant mesothelioma.
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Keywords:
Chylous effusion; mesothelioma; cytological diagnosis; dog |
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To cite this article:
Nikousefat Z, M Hashemnia and M Javdani,
2015.
Chylous effusion in a dog related to
malignant peritoneal
mesothelioma: cytological diagnosis.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(3): 154-157. |
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