Probable recurrent femoral artery thrombosis in a dog with intestinal lymphosarcoma.
An 11-year-old mixed-breed dog was examined because of chronic diarrhea, anorexia, and weight loss. Clinicopathologic abnormalities included anemia and hypoalbuminemia, and protein-losing enteropathy was identified. Acute, unilateral, femoral artery thrombosis developed before the cause of the protein-losing enteropathy could be identified. The dog was treated with aspirin, and sensation and function of the affected limb returned over the next 5 days, but thrombosis of the opposite femoral artery then developed. The dog was euthanatized, and at necropsy, intestinal lymphosarcoma was the only disease process found. Although disseminated intravascular coagulation is a well-recognized potential complication of neoplasia in dogs, recurrent localized thrombosis, as in this dog, also can develop.
Ihle
S L
SL
Department of Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078, USA.
Baldwin
C J
CJ
Pifer
S M
SM
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D012008:Recurrence; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*