Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog vomiting daily for 6 weeks diagnosed with stomach plasmacytoma
By Brunnert, S R et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1992·Department of Pathology·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Gastric extramedullary plasmacytoma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old mixed-breed dog was brought to the vet after experiencing daily vomiting and occasional diarrhea for six weeks. During an examination, a mass was found in the stomach, leading to surgery to remove part of the stomach and a nearby lymph node. The dog was diagnosed with a gastric plasmacytoma, a type of tumor, and started chemotherapy with doxorubicin and diphenhydramine. Remarkably, the dog has been doing well and remains healthy 30 months after treatment.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old mixed-breed dog was examined because of a 6-week history of daily vomiting and sporadic diarrhea. On gastroscopy, a crateriform mass was observed on the greater curvature of the stomach. Partial gastrectomy and lymphadenectomy of a large mesenteric lymph node was performed. Gastric plasmacytoma with lymph node metastasis was diagnosed by histologic and immunoperoxidase methods, and chemotherapy was initiated with doxorubicin hydrochloride and diphenhydramine hydrochloride. The dog remains clinically normal 30 months after initial diagnosis. Although gastric plasmacytomas are rare in dogs, long-term survival appears to be better with this disease than with other types of gastric neoplasia.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1612985/