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Iron Deficiency Anaemia and Severe Thrombocytosis in a Case of Disseminated Abdominal Canine Cryptococcosis

Iron Deficiency Anaemia and Severe Thrombocytosis in a Case of Disseminated Abdominal Canine... A 7-year-old female cross-breed dog presented with a non-regenerative anaemia. Disseminated intra-abdominal cryptococcosis was diagnosed by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Complete blood count and bone marrow cytology revealed microcytic hypochromic iron-deficiency anaemia and severe thrombocytosis (>1 million platelets/ml). Post-mortem examination and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis and revealed multiple organ involvement. Both gastrointestinal lesions and absence of respiratory tract cryptococcal granulomas suggest an oral instead of nasal infection route. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Comparative Clinical Pathology Springer Journals

Iron Deficiency Anaemia and Severe Thrombocytosis in a Case of Disseminated Abdominal Canine Cryptococcosis

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Springer-Verlag London Limited
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Pathology; Hematology; Oncology
eISSN
1618-565X
DOI
10.1007/s005800200003
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Abstract

A 7-year-old female cross-breed dog presented with a non-regenerative anaemia. Disseminated intra-abdominal cryptococcosis was diagnosed by ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration cytology. Complete blood count and bone marrow cytology revealed microcytic hypochromic iron-deficiency anaemia and severe thrombocytosis (>1 million platelets/ml). Post-mortem examination and histopathology confirmed the diagnosis and revealed multiple organ involvement. Both gastrointestinal lesions and absence of respiratory tract cryptococcal granulomas suggest an oral instead of nasal infection route.

Journal

Comparative Clinical PathologySpringer Journals

Published: Feb 20, 2014

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