Caecal gastrointestinal stromal tumour with secondary immune‐mediated haemolytic anaemia in a cocker spaniel

The present case report documents a paraneoplastic immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia secondary to gastrointestinal stromal tumour of the caecum in female neutered cocker spaniel. dog was presented with history acute onset lethargy and anorexia. Investigations revealed mildly regenerative, Coombs’ test-positive spherocytosis auto-agglutination. Abdominal ultrasonography documented concurrent focal caecal mass. Surgical resection mass resulted complete resolution anaemia; immunosuppressive treatment not required at any stage. histopathological immunohistochemical findings supported diagnosis tumour. To authors’ knowledge, this is first demonstrates rare remission response surgical alone.