title: A primary hepatic plasma cell tumor in a dog.
abstract: An 8-year-old female Shetland sheep dog had hyperproteinemia with a monoclonal gammopathy and a solid mass on the liver, which was histologically diagnosed as a plasma cell tumor. After the treatment of surgery and chemotherapy, serum protein level reduced to the normal range and the gammopathy was disappeared. These findings indicate the plasma cell tumor developed primarily from the liver.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories of Veterinary Surgery, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Mica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Tetsujun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Terumasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwamura
authors.forename: Joji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yamate
authors.forename: Fumihito
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008558:Melphalan / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D008558:Melphalan