fatal splenic rupture caused by an atypical malignant lymphoma in a holstein cow

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a. r. movassaghi

t. taghipour bazargani

abstract

postmortem examination of a 5.5-year-old holstein cow with history of sudden death showed a veryhuge spleen (120 × 45 × 10 cm) associated with severe haemoperitoneum. histopathological findingsincluded extensive infiltration of medium to large sized lymphocytic and lymphoblastic cells with smallamounts of cytoplasm, round nuclei with coarsely granular chromatin in the spleen, and limited foci ofsimilar cellular infiltration in the liver. this case was diagnosed as a fatal splenic rupture caused by anatypical malignant lymphoma.

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Journal title:
iranian journal of veterinary research

Publisher: shiraz university

ISSN 1728-1997

volume 10

issue 1 2009

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