Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Hemorrhagic diathesis caused by multiple myeloma in a three-month-old foal.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 1989
- Authors:
- Henry, M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A three-month-old Quarter Horse foal was found to have multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects blood cells. The foal was experiencing ongoing weight loss and had trouble breathing due to chronic pneumonia, along with bleeding from the nose. Blood tests showed low levels of various blood cells and a specific type of protein that indicated the presence of cancer. A sample taken from the bone marrow revealed that a large majority of the cells were abnormal plasma cells. The treatment details and outcome were not provided in the abstract.
Abstract
Multiple myeloma was diagnosed in a 3-month-old Quarter Horse foal with chronic weight loss, chronic bronchopneumonia, and epistaxis. The foal had pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia, and monoclonal beta-globulinemia. Bone marrow aspirates contained between 80 and 90% plasma cells.
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