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Gamma delta T-cell large granular lymphocyte lymphoma in a dog.


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Authors

Ortiz, Ana Liza 
Carvalho, Sofia 
Leo, Chiara 
Archer, Joy 

Abstract

A 2-year and 6-month-old female neutered Labrador Retriever with Horner syndrome, megaesophagus, and a mediastinal mass was referred to the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals of the Royal Veterinary College. A large granular lymphocyte (LGL) lymphoma was diagnosed on cytology; flow cytometric analysis revealed a γδ T-cell phenotype (CD3+, CD5+, CD45+, TCRγδ+, CD4-, CD8-, CD34-, CD21-). Chemotherapy was started with a combination of lomustine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisolone, followed by bleyomicin. Euthanasia was elected by the owners, due to progressive deterioration and lack of quality of life, 28 days after diagnosis. This is the first cytologic and immunophenotypic characterization of a canine γδ T-cell lymphoma with LGL morphology and probably of mediastinal origin. The role of chemotherapy in delaying the disease progression remains unknown.

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Keywords

Canine, flow cytometry, immunophenotyping, lymphoid tumor, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Dog Diseases, Dogs, Euthanasia, Animal, Female, Flow Cytometry, Immunophenotyping, Lymphoma, T-Cell, Quality of Life, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, T-Lymphocytes

Journal Title

Vet Clin Pathol

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Journal ISSN

0275-6382
1939-165X

Volume Title

44

Publisher

Wiley