title: Ultrasound-guided biopsy as a diagnostic aid in three horses with a cranial mediastinal lymphosarcoma.
abstract: An ultrasound examination of the thorax of three horses which were performing poorly or had mild signs of colic showed that they had a cranial mediastinal mass and a pleural effusion. A cytological examination of the pleural fluid showed that it did not contain neoplastic cells. A histological examination of an ultrasound-guided core biopsy of the cranial mediastinal mass showed that in each of the three horses it was a lymphosarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Clercq
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Loon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lefère
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deprez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005552:Forelimb; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006736:Horses; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000662:veterinary