A solitary plasmacytoma in a dog with progression to a disseminated myeloma.
Solitary plasmacytomas are rare occurrences in dogs, consequently their potential for malignancy is undetermined. A solitary plasmacytoma was removed from the perianal region of a dog. The dog was clinically normal at that time, but was killed one year later as a result of hind limb stiffness and uremia. At the postmortem examination a disseminated myeloma was found, involving the vertebral column, liver, spleen, bone marrow and visceral lymph nodes.
D001003:Anal Canal; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*