Lecture 18 2/24/25 SHELEY EXAM QUESTIONS

Question 1

What is the most common oral malignancy in dogs?

Answer 1

malignant melanoma

Question 2

What must be done in order to identify an oral mass?

Answer 2

biopsy

Question 3

What are the characteristics of pill esophagitis?

Answer 3

-occurs in cats
-most commonly seen with doxycycline use
-can result in stricture

Question 4

What are the characteristics of lymphangiectasia?

Answer 4

-opaque, white, enlarged villi
-distended lacteals
-causes protein-losing enteropathy

Question 5

Why is it important that lymphangiectasia causes protein-losing enteropathy?

Answer 5

-patient loses antithrombin
-loss of antithrombin can lead to pulmonary thrombosis
-pulmonary thrombosis is a potentially fatal consequence

Question 6

What are the differential diagnoses for a single nodular mass in the liver that has a similar appearance to surrounding tissue?

Answer 6

-hepatocellular adenoma
-hepatocellular carcinoma
-nodular hyperplasia

Question 7

What is the differential diagnosis for small, multi-focal masses in the liver that look different from the surrounding tissue?

Answer 7

cholangiocellular carcinoma