title: Acute respiratory failure caused by leukaemic infiltration of the lung of a dog.
abstract: A seven-year-old crossbred male dog with a suspected leukaemic condition was referred for investigation and treatment. A bone marrow aspirate revealed an acute myeloid leukaemia. Combination chemotherapy was administered and the dog initially improved, but 18 days after the initiation of therapy its body condition deteriorated and the animal developed acute respiratory distress. On postmortem examination, extensive leukaemic pulmonary infiltrates were evident.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadosawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umemura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanoue
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*