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History
• 12/29/06 referring veterinarian noticed lymphadnopathy. Blood work was unremarkable and the urinalysis showed RBCs. He was placed on deramaxx for arthritis (per owners Beau was slowing down) and doxycycline.
• 1/8/07 Beau was not improving. Along with the lymphadnopathy he now had bruising on his abdomen. Lymph node biopsies : only showed lymphoid hyperplasia and panniculitis. Coag panel was normal although his platelet numbers had dropped from 314,000 to 171,000. Deramaxx was stopped.
• Beau continued to decline and was referred to NCSU-CVM 2/21/07.
Stages of Lymphoma
• Stage I: Only one lymph node involved.• Stage II: Regional LNs, limited to one
side of diaphragm• Stage III: All peripheral LNs• Stage IV: All peripheral LNs plus spleen,
liver, and/or anterior mediastinum.• Stage V: Everything in stage IV plus
bone marrow involvement.