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Lymphosarcoma (lymphoma)
Is the third most common cancer diagnosed in dogs. It is a cancer of lymphocytes (a type of blood cell) and lymphoid tissues. Lymphoid tissue is normally present in many places in the body including lymph nodes, spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract and bone marrow.
Symptoms:
- Swelling in the legs or ankles
- Cramping and bloating of the abdomen
- Night sweats and fever
- Weight loss and loss of appetite
- Chills
- Unusual itching
- Fatigue
- Pain or altered sensation
- Loss of appetite
- Unusual tiredness/lack of energy
- Persistent coughing
- Breathlessness
- Enlarged tonsils
- Headache.
Preliminary plan:
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Reticulocyte count
- Urinalysis
- Stool analysis - Protozoans and Helminths (microscopy)
- Blood test:
- Latent iron-binding capacity
- Iron
- Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)
- Transferrin
- Ferritin
- Folic acid (folates)
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Bilirubin (total, direct)
- Abdominal ultrasound: liver, gallbladder, pancreas
- Spleen ultrasound
- Lymph nodes ultrasound
- Histological examination of lymph nodes and bone marrow biopsy fragments
- Chest X-ray