Diffuse intestinal T-cell lymphosarcoma in a yellow-naped Amazon parrot (Amazona ochrocephala auropalliata)

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2008 Sep;20(5):656-60. doi: 10.1177/104063870802000523.

Abstract

A 10-year-old, intact, female yellow-naped Amazon parrot was examined because of anemia, lymphocytic leukocytosis, regurgitation, and weight loss. A positive fecal occult blood and monoclonal globulinopathy were present. A distended proventriculus and diffusely thickened loops of small intestine with irregular luminal surfaces were identified with contrast radiography and contrast computed tomography. A micro positron emission tomography scan was performed with (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose. Diffuse intestinal T-cell lymphosarcoma was diagnosed based on histopathology and immunohistochemistry of full thickness small intestinal biopsies. The patient was treated with a multidrug chemotherapy protocol with little to no effect. Euthanasia was elected, and intestinal lymphosarcoma was confirmed on histopathology of necropsy intestinal samples; no other organs demonstrated neoplastic infiltration. To the authors' knowledge, no reports are currently available detailing the clinical presentation or diagnosis of diffuse intestinal T-cell lymphosarcoma in any avian species.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / pathology*
  • Euthanasia
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Intestinal Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / veterinary*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / veterinary*
  • Parrots
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / veterinary
  • Radiography