Fatal splenic rupture caused by an atypical malignant lymphoma in a Holstein cow

Authors

  • A. R. Movassaghi Center of Excellence in Ruminant Abortion and Neonatal Mortality, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  • T. Taghipour Bazargani Departmednt of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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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volume 10  issue 1

pages  81- 83

publication date 2009-03-20

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