[Equine leukosis with progressive lameness--a case study]. / Equine Leukose mit progredienter Lahmheit--eine Fallstudie.

A case of generalized equine leucosis is presented. The most important clinical signs were cachexia, loss of condition, fever, tachycardia, subcutaneous tumors and severe lameness accompanied by edema of the right thoracic limb. Hematology showed anemia and neutrophilia; clinical biochemistry indicated hypalbuminemia, hyperphosphatemia and hyperfibrinogenemia. Necropsy revealed multiple tumors throughout the body which mainly originated from lymph nodes. Histopathologically the tumors consisted of two cell-types: a. uniform lymphocytoid cells with a highly infiltrative growth pattern; b. heteromorphic noninvasive lymphoblastoid cells with production of "reticular" fibers. Diagnostic problems of clinical and pathological findings are discussed.

[The ultrasonic diagnosis of foreign bodies in the horse]. / Ein Beitrag zur sonographischen Diagnostik von Fremdkörpern beim Pferd.

Ultrasonography in veterinary practice represents a method that nowadays is a approved component of the examination of small and large animals. Although sometimes more difficult than in small animals, ultrasonography can be often useful in horses. In the present report two cases demonstrate the possibility of sonography in the diagnostic of foreign bodies in soft tissues in horses.