Acta Scientiae Veterinariae 1678-0345: Issn: Actascivet@
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae 1678-0345: Issn: Actascivet@
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae 1678-0345: Issn: Actascivet@
ISSN: 1678-0345
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do
Sul
Brasil
Gonçalves de Campos, Camila; Lerner Lopes, Leticya; Souza e Silva, Gustavo; Sales da
Cruz, Raquel Aparecida; Gimenez Falson, Pamella Cristie; Hoeppner Rondelli, André
Luiz; Luis, Michele Ângelo; de Cássia Veronezi, Regina; Argenta Pescador, Caroline
Linfoma de células T multicêntrico em um equino quarto de milha
Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, vol. 42, 2014, pp. 1-4
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brasil
ABSTRACT
Background: Equine lymphoma is the most common haematopoietic neoplasm in horses which can present a variety of
clinical signs and course. The incidence of this neoplasia is of 0.7-3.2/100,000 horses. The major clinical manifestations
depend on the degree of the organ involvement, the specific organs involved in an individual patient and duration of the
disease. In general, the most common signs are weight loss, cachexia, ventral and limb subcutaneous edema, regional
lymphadenopathy, depression, lethargy and recurrent fever. The purpose of the current study is to report a single case of
equine lymphoma, classify this case via morphology and immunophenotyping according to the veterinary adaptation of
the WHO guidelines.
Case: A 19-year-old, female quarter horse showed clinical sings characterized by anorexia, weight loss, dyspnea, noisy
breathing at rest, swelling in the cervical and ventral region and subcutaneous nodules. The veterinarian suspected of neo-
plasia. Hematological and biochemical tests were requested by the owner. The animal was euthanized due to worsening
of symptoms. Macroscopically, was observed an increase of the pre-scapular and pre-crural lymph nodes and nodules in
the left scapular, on the inner thigh and perineum region. On the ventral surface of the spleen was increased size of lymph
nodes which showed a reddish white color. In the kidney, was observed lymph node enlargement, partially involving the
subcapsular region, and hilar renal artery. In the thoracic cavity, multiple whitish nodules were found in the heart, in transi-
tion from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. The lung showed the enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. In the ventral
region of the trachea was observed multilobulated mass involving the thyroid region until the eighth tracheal ring, causing
stenosis. The histopathological findings observed in the lymph nodes were characterized by dense infiltration of cells of
small to medium size with round shape to oval, hyperchromatic nucleus and scanty cytoplasm. Among the neoplastic cells
occasionally observed atypical cells, multinucleated format sometimes polyhedral with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm,
being surrounded by bands of fibrous connective tissue scarce. In the heart and trachea were found the same cell morphol-
ogy. The blood test revealed mild neutrophilia and moderate leukocytosis with normal concentration of lymphocytes,
however, with abnormal morphology. Immunohistochemistry revealed groups of lymphocytes with few marking weak to
CD79α and strong labeling for CD3.
Discussion: In the present study the lymphoma was clinically classified as multicentric type because of the involvement of
lymph nodes and thoracic organs. The respiratory clinical signs reported are often viewed in mediastinal lymphomas, being
considered an unusual finding in horses with multicentric lymphoma. Differences in the histopathological classification
of lymphomas are reported in horses, and recently developed a classification adapted for veterinary medicine based on the
World Health Organization (WHO). The equine lymphoma of the present case was classified as T-cell lymphoma. Due to
the manifestation of lymphoma in horses occur in most cases insidiously and not showed pathognomonic clinical signs,
this neoplasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis of respiratory problems in horses.
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C.G. Campos, L.L. Lopes, G.S. Silva, et al. 2014. Linfoma de células T multicêntrico em um equino quarto de milha.
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C.G. Campos, L.L. Lopes, G.S. Silva, et al. 2014. Linfoma de células T multicêntrico em um equino quarto de milha.
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C D
Figura 1. Equino, fêmea, Linfoma malígno. A. Nota-se a presença de vários nódulos no tecido subcutâneo na região pré-escapular. B. Traquéia. Massa
lobulada de coloração brancacenta e consistência firme comprimindo os anéis traqueais. C. Linfonodo. Células de tamanho pequeno a médio, com for-
mato redondo a ovóide, núcleo hipercromático e citoplasma escasso. HE, obj. 40x. [Barra =10 micras]. D. Linfonodo. Marcação positiva para CD3 em
citoplasma de linfócitos T. IHQ, biotina-streptavidina fosfatase alcalina, obj. 40x. [Barra = 20micras].
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C.G. Campos, L.L. Lopes, G.S. Silva, et al. 2014. Linfoma de células T multicêntrico em um equino quarto de milha.
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