Cytodiagnostics of canine lymphomas - possibilities and limitations.

摘要: Malignant lymphomas are one of the most common malignant tumours occurring in dogs. The basic method lymphoma diagnosis human, as well canine oncology is histopathology supported by immunohistochemistry. It was suggested that veterinary medicine excisional biopsy lymph node and should be considered only where cytologic equivocal or needs to confirmed. There at least three reasons for which cytological examination ought accepted a sufficient reliable diagnostic Firstly, dog owners consider fine-needle an acceptable non-harmful sample collection. Secondly, increasing number studies recommend cytology accurate test diagnosing subtyping lymphoma. Finally, vast majority subtypes belong 4-5 categories characterized typical picture. Immunocytochemical staining smears gives new possibilities, such detection markers better characterizing given growth potential goal target therapy individual cases (for example inhibitors platelet-derived factor).