Clinical case: Restrictive cardiac patient due to pericardial lymphoma
Canine patient (Canis lupus familiaris) sterilized female, 8-year-old, mixed breed, who was treated at the Comprehensive Veterinary Center of the City of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on November 1, 2021, reports a clinical picture characterized by asthenia, anorexia, temperature evaluated at 39.5°C and dyspn...
| Published in: | Revista Científica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad del Zulia p-ISSN 0798-2259; e-ISSN 2521-9715; l-ISSN 2477-944X
2022
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| Online Access: | https://www.produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/cientifica/article/view/38683 https://doi.org/10.52973/rcfcv-e32169 |
| Summary: | Canine patient (Canis lupus familiaris) sterilized female, 8-year-old, mixed breed, who was treated at the Comprehensive Veterinary Center of the City of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on November 1, 2021, reports a clinical picture characterized by asthenia, anorexia, temperature evaluated at 39.5°C and dyspnea at medium exertion. Physical examination revealed poor general condition, pale and dry skin, hypophonetic heart sounds, distended abdomen with a positive ballooning sign. At clinic, an A-Fast (Focused assessment with sonography in trauma) was performed in which free fluid was observed in the 4 quadrants, when performing a T-Fast ultrasound examination (Thoraic Focussed assessment with sonography in trauma), pericardial effusion was observed. In a subsequent consultation, a pericardiocentesis was performed by the cardiologist who extracted 40 milliliters (mL) whose content was analyzed by cytology, which showed monomorphic lymphoblastic cells with aberrant mitoses that suggested a diagnosis of lymphoma. Echocardiography revealed a mass at the base of the heart (within the visceral pericardium and heart), which was removed by surgery and a sample was sent to the pathology laboratory, whose diagnostic report was compatible with grade II diffuse intermediate cell lymphoma. Paciente canino (Canis lupus familiaris) hembra esterilizada, de raza mestiza, de 8 años de edad, que fue atendido en el centro integral veterinario de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador, el primero de noviembre del año 2021 refiere cuadro clínico caracterizado por astenia, anorexia, temperatura evaluada en 39,5°C y disnea a medianos esfuerzos. Al examen físico se apreció mal estado general, decaída, piel pálida y seca, ruidos cardíacos hipofonéticos, abdomen distendido con signo de baloneo positivo. En la consulta se realizó un A-Fast (Focussed assessment with sonography in trauma) en el que se observó líquido libre en los 4 cuadrantes, al realizar una exploración ecográfica T-Fast (Thoraic Focussed assessment with sonography in trauma), se evidenció ... |
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