A primary hepatic plasma cell tumor in a dog

J Vet Med Sci. 2004 Apr;66(4):445-7. doi: 10.1292/jvms.66.445.

Abstract

An 8-year-old female Shetland sheep dog had hyperproteinemia with a monoclonal gammopathy and a solid mass on the liver, which was histologically diagnosed as a plasma cell tumor. After the treatment of surgery and chemotherapy, serum protein level reduced to the normal range and the gammopathy was disappeared. These findings indicate the plasma cell tumor developed primarily from the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs*
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Liver Neoplasms / complications
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Melphalan / therapeutic use
  • Paraproteinemias / complications
  • Paraproteinemias / pathology
  • Paraproteinemias / veterinary*
  • Plasmacytoma / complications
  • Plasmacytoma / pathology
  • Plasmacytoma / surgery
  • Plasmacytoma / veterinary*
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Prednisolone
  • Melphalan