HYPEREOSINOPHILIA IN A HORSE WITH INTESTINAL LYMPHOSARCOMA

Authors
DUCKETT WM MATTHEWS HK
Citation
Wm. Duckett et Hk. Matthews, HYPEREOSINOPHILIA IN A HORSE WITH INTESTINAL LYMPHOSARCOMA, Canadian veterinary journal, 38(11), 1997, pp. 719-720
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Canadian veterinary journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00085286
Volume
38
Issue
11
Year of publication
1997
Pages
719 - 720
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-5286(1997)38:11<719:HIAHWI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Paraneoplastic eosinophilia is reported in dogs, cats, and humans. Hyp ereosinophilia (an eosinophil count greater than 1.5 X 10(9) L) is oft en associated with metastasis and a poor prognosis. This report descri bes a case of paraneoplastic hypereosinophilia in a pony. Neoplasia sh ould be included in the differential diagnoses in a horse with eosinop hilia.