Pleural fluid from a 2 year old dog Case Information A 2 year old intact female mixed breed dog presented for evaluation of a bicavitory (pleural and peritoneal) effusion after showing mildly reduced activity. The dog was clinically healthy up until this time but had suffered from abnormal heats (increased frequency, prolonged, split heats). […]
Bone marrow from a dog Case information A 3-year-old spayed female Golden Retriever was presented to Cornell University Animal Hospital’s (CUHA) Internal Medicine Department for evaluation of lethargy and pancytopenia. The patient had displayed intermittent lethargy for approximately one month prior to presentation with one episode of collapse for which the dog had been presented
Facial mass on a goat Case information A 7-year-old male Nigerian Dwarf Goat presented with a mass on the left cheek. The owner reported the mass had been present for about two years, but had recently begun to increase in size. The lesion was described as a 2 cm round dermal mass. A fine needle
Synovial fluid from a horse Case Information A 13 year old Draft mix gelding presented with a 2 week history of left front limb lameness. On physical examination, there was moderate joint effusion of the fetlock joint. Synovial fluid was aseptically collected into a plain red top tube (without anticoagulant) and a purple top tube
Peripheral blood from a cat Case Information A 1 year-old, female spayed, Domestic Short Hair cat presented to the primary veterinarian after being missing outside for 3 weeks. The cat was lethargic, inappetent, and had a painful left hind limb along with pale mucous membranes, and a temperature of 94.6ºF. In-house bloodwork revealed a
Aspirate from a cervical swelling in a Tokay gecko (Gecko gecko) Case Information A captive 11 year old female Tokay gecko presented with a chronic (1 year) slowly progressive bilateral swelling of the upper cervical region (Figure 1). The swelling was more pronounced on the left side and had expanded more rapidly in the
Crystalluria in a Dog Case information A 1-year-old intact male English Mastiff was presented to Emergency Medicine at the Cornell University Hospital with a one week history of pollakiuria and stranguria. Four days prior to presentation, the dog had been started on oral prazocin (an α-1 adrenergic blocker) with no improvement. Hematuria, coughing, sneezing, or
Subretinal aspirate from a dog Case Information A 7 year old castrated male mixed breed dog presented with a 9 month history of intermittent watery, mucoid and bloody diarrhea, which was not completely responsive to medical therapy and a hypoallergenic prescription diet. The patient subsequently developed panuveitis and was referred to Cornell University Hospital for
Aspirate from a subcutaneous mandibular mass in a cat Case information An 18 year old male neutered Domestic Shorthair cat presented to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) Emergency Service for evaluation of a subcutaneous left mandibular mass and inappetence. The mass had been previously incised by the primary veterinarian and had yielded
Aspirates from an abdominal and cutaneous mass in a dog Case information A neutered 8 year old Staffordshire Terrier mixed breed dog presented for re-evaluation of skin masses. Two subcutaneous (presumably ultraviolet light-induced) hemangiosarcomas had been surgically excised in the past. On examination, the dog had multiple red cutaneous lesions on the medial aspect
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