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When this blood smear came across my scope, the first thing I thought was, come on now, stop horsin’ around!!
Ok that’s a really bad pun, but still. This was a...
If I never teach you anything else, please let me teach you how important this is:
…The difference between acute leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Why?
Because the prognosis is HUGELY...
How many times have you found yourself looking at a lymph node aspirate and wondering “is this reactive or lymphoma”?
Do you know how to tell the difference?
Let’s take a look at...
Let's talk about reactive lymph nodes. Do you know what they look like cytologically?
Watch this 1 minute video for a quick lesson in reactive lymph node cytology:
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...
