Have you heard of buccal (aka facial) lymph nodes?

These are lymph nodes that are only present in some dogs and are situated on the muzzle. They can become enlarged due to reactivity or neoplasia...

In this edition of Path Chats,  I got to sit down with Lori Balliet, a veterinary technician specialist in clinical pathology.

We had a great conversation about her experience...

There are a number of different types of neoplasia you can see in effusions.

Of the ones listed here, which do you think you’re LEAST likely to see neoplastic cells within the effusion? (i.e....

Cyto Case Spotlight:

This is pleural effusion from a 9 year old cat with a 6 week history of difficulty breathing.

This is large cell lymphoma!

The population we’re seeing here are large...

This case is such a bummer, but a really good one to show how malignancies can affect animals of any age.

A 1 year old castrated male cat presented to his vet for being a bit less playful at home....

Remember: just because you see lymphocytes in an effusion doesn’t automatically mean it’s lymphoma.

The case on the left here is lymphoma from a pleural effusion. We know that...