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  • Title: Clinical and pathological features of thoracic neoplasia in the horse.
    Author: Mair TS, Brown PJ.
    Journal: Equine Vet J; 1993 May; 25(3):220-3. PubMed ID: 8508751.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-eight horses with confirmed thoracic neoplasia included 28 (37.7%) with lymphosarcoma, 4 (10.5%) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, 2 (5.3%) with primary lung carcinoma, 2 (5.3%) with secondary squamous cell carcinoma from the stomach, 1 (2.6%) with pleural mesothelioma, and 1 (2.6%) with malignant melanoma. The major clinical features included weight loss, inappetence, dyspnoea and coughing, but in cases of lung metastases, they related more to the primary site of tumour formation. Haematological and serum biochemical abnormalities were non-specific. Specific pre-mortem diagnosis was made in 14 horses; this was most readily achieved when exfoliated neoplastic cells were present in pleural fluid.
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