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JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume 227, Issue 9, Pages 1449-1453Publisher
AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1449
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Objective-To determine clinical characteristics and clinicopathologic findings, including results of pericardial fluid analysis, and determine the outcome associated with pericardial effusion caused by cardiac lymphoma in dogs. Design-Retrospective case series. Animals-12 dogs. Procedure-Medical records of affected dogs were reviewed for echocardiographic findings, radiographic findings, results of pericardial fluid analysis, clinicopathologic findings, treatment protocols, and outcomes. Results-Pericardial effusion was detected by echocardiography in all 12 dogs, and lymphoma was detected by cytologic examination of the effusion (11/12 dogs) or histologic examination of pericardium (3/12). Large-breed dogs were overrepresented-median weight was 40.5 kg (89.1.lb). Most hematologic and biochemical changes were mild and nonspecific. Survival time for dogs treated with combination chemotherapeutic agents was 157 days and for dogs that did not receive chemotherapy survival time was 22 days. This difference was not significant, but several dogs had long-term survival. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Cardiac lymphoma is an uncommon cause of pericardial effusion, and results suggest that cardiac lymphoma does not always warrant the poor prognosis of other stage V, substage b lymphomas.
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