Clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic findings differentiating low-grade intestinal T-cell lymphoma from lymphoplasmacytic enteritis in cats.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low-grade intestinal T-cell lymphoma (LGITL) is the most common intestinal neoplasm in cats. Differentiating LGITL from lymphoplasmacytic enteritis (LPE) is challenging because clinical signs, laboratory results, diagnostic imaging findings, histology, immunohistochemistry, and clonality features may overlap.

Objectives

To evaluate possible discriminatory clinical, laboratory and ultrasonographic features to differentiate LGITL from LPE.

Animals

Twenty-two cats diagnosed with LGITL and 22 cats with LPE based upon histology, immunohistochemistry, and lymphoid clonality.

Methods

Prospective, cohort study. Cats presented with clinical signs consistent with LGITL or LPE were enrolled prospectively. All data contributing to the diagnostic evaluation was r

SUBMITTER: Freiche V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8692195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature