![]() The procedure is usually performed from either the right or left front leg. Your pet will be given an injection for pain before the procedure and will be under light anesthesia during the process. A bone marrow aspirate may also be performed looking for infiltration of lymphoma into the bone marrow. A fine needle aspirate may be performed of a lymph node to confirm the diagnosis of lymphoma. Chest radiographs (x-rays), abdominal radiographs, and/or an abdominal ultrasound will be performed to look for involvement of certain organs with lymphoma. Cats and dogs can also have lymphoma in their thoracic (chest) cavity, and they may have difficulty breathing.īlood samples (complete blood count and serum chemistry profile) and a urinalysis will be performed to determine your pet’s overall health status. Often cats will have lymphoma in their gastrointestinal tract and will present to the veterinarian for vomiting, diarrhea, weight loss, or a decreased appetite. Cats usually do not present with enlarged lymph nodes that you can feel. The enlarged lymph nodes are usually not painful. The most common presentation of lymphoma for dogs is enlargement of all of the lymph nodes that can be felt under the skin. Lymphoma usually arises in the lymphoid tissues of the body (lymph nodes, spleen, and bone marrow), although lymphoma can affect any part of the body. For cats, studies have shown that cats living in smoking households are 2.5 times more likely to develop lymphoma than cats living in nonsmoking households. In some dogs, there is an underlying genetic component, and in others, there are no predisposing factors (most common). It is not known why certain dogs develop lymphoma, and others do not. ![]()
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