Malignant Lymphoma in dog

Abstract

A case of Malignant lymphoma of lymphoblastic type is presented and it it adopted the classification proposed by GALL and MALLORY (1942) to this kind od lymphatic tissue proliferation. The disease has received several denominations and it is called more generally as "leucemia" and "aleucemic lymphoadenosis", which is the tittle of the only one paper found in the brazillian veterinary literature (PIRATININGA, 1939). The pathogeny of the Malignant Lymphoma remains insuluble in spite of the innumerable researches made in order to know its essence and etiology. The present tendency is to regard the disease as a lymphatic tissue neoplasm.