title: Making sense of lymphoma diagnostics in small animal patients.
abstract: This article summarizes and compares the various assays available to aid in the diagnosis and characterization of lymphoma in small animal patients. These techniques include cytology, histopathology, immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry, immunophenotyping by flow cytometry, and polymerase chain reaction for clonal antigen receptor gene rearrangement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. Electronic address: burkhard.19@osu.edu.
authors.forename: Mary Jo
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Burkhard
authors.forename: Dorothee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bienzle
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Cytology; Flow cytometry; Immunohistochemistry/immunocytochemistry; Immunophenotyping; Lymphoma; PCR for clonal antigen receptor gene rearrangement (PARR)