Difference between revisions of "Splenic Neoplasia"

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these are important surgically since splenomegaly can be diagnoses clinically by palpation or X-ray and some tumours are surgically curable

- usually 1-2 cms in size, but occasionally may be larger

- spherical

- protrude hemispherically from the surface as yellow and red mottled nodules

highly malignant tumour of dogs
distinguished from the superficially similar haemangioma by the presence of much more formed, solid tumour tissue
accurate prognosis demands histological examination
secondaries are common locally in the omentum and in the liver

- course is usually short, often only a month or two

- metastases may occur in almost every organ

splenomegaly occurs in multicentric lymphosarcoma
splenic enlargement may be marked if any form of lymphosarcoma is in leukaemic phase

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 :- protrude hemispherically from the surface as yellow and red mottled nodules
 *infrequently, may rupture and give rise to haemorrhage
-====Haemangioma====
+====[[Haemangioma]]====
-*benign tumour of dogs
-*may grow to considerable size
-:- the size of the lesion giving rise to clinical signs is compounded by haemorrhage from and into the tumour
-:- thus, a large mass of apple size may be found protruding from the spleen and adherent to the omentum
-*on section, it is largely blood clot
-*responds well to surgery
-:- therefore it must be distinguished from haemangiosarcoma
 ====Haemangiosarcoma====
 *highly malignant tumour of dogs