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Classification of primary lung tumors in dogs: 210 cases (1975-1985)

DOI

99

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1989

Year

G K Ogilvie, Wanda M. Haschek, Stephen J. Withrow, Ralph C. Richardson, Hugh Harvey, Ralph A. Henderson, J. David Fowler, A.M. Norris, J. Tomlinson, Dudley L. McCaw
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Abstract

Two hundred ten dogs that had primary lung tumors diagnosed between 1975 and 1985 were evaluated. The majority of the tumors were classified as adenocarcinoma (74.8%) and alveolar carcinoma (20%). The most common clinical signs of disease were cough (52%), dyspnea (23.8%), lethargy (18.1%), weight loss (12.4%), and tachypnea (4.8%). The clinical methods that were most successful in directly or indirectly leading to a diagnosis of primary lung tumor were thoracic radiography (77.1%) and cytologic examination of fine-needle aspirate specimens (24.8%).