GASTRIC LYMPHOSARCOMA IN A DOG: A CASE REPORT |
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| Authors: | Sydney M Evans VMD L Arthur De Frate Jr VMD |
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| Institution: | University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine, 3800 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, where Dr. Evans is a Resident in Radiology. Dr. De Frate is in private practice at the Foster Animal Hospital, 1347 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ 07013. |
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| Abstract: | A 9-year-old female spayed mixed-breed dog was presented with a ten-week history of vomiting. A survey abdominal radiograph showed a soft tissue mass on the lesser curvature of the stomach and an adjacent thickened greater curvature. A barium contrast study confirmed the presence of this mass. The radiographic diagnosis was gastric tumor. Radiographic signs of gastric neoplasia include soft tissue masses or thickening of the stomach wall, delayed gastric emptying, immobility of portions of the stomach wall, and residual stomach-wall staining by barium. Necropsy revealed a gastric lymphosarcoma that had infiltrated the entire circumference of the pyloric antrum. The most common gastric malignancy in the dog is adenocarcinoma. Gastric lymphosarcoma is considered rare. |
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| Keywords: | gastric tumor lymphosarcoma radiography dog |
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