title: Hemorrhagic diathesis caused by multiple myeloma in a three-month-old foal.
abstract: Multiple myeloma was diagnosed in a 3-month-old Quarter Horse foal with chronic weight loss, chronic bronchopneumonia, and epistaxis. The foal had pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia, and monoclonal beta-globulinemia. Bone marrow aspirates contained between 80 and 90% plasma cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prasse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000662:veterinary; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000662:veterinary; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D015431:Weight Loss