RELATÓRIO DE ESTÁGIO SUPERVISIONADO DE CONCLUSÃO DE CURSO- EFUSÃO PLEURAL EM BULLDOG FRANCÊS SECUNDÁRIA A TUMOR MEDIASTINAL: RELATO DE CASO

Abstract

Effusions are fluids that accumulate in the cavity with an amount above normal, and are conditions that require diagnostic investigation. Even so, it is important to pay attention to the management necessary for its control, and to the clinical state of the animal. The liquids found in these cases receive different classifications depending on the condition in which they are generated. There are several pathogenic processes involved in cases of effusion, including several neoplasms that commonly correlate with these cases as a result of impaired lymphatic drainage or tumor ulceration. As in the case reported, an 8-year-old french bulldog was fertile and had an effusion secondary to a tumor in the mediastinal region. The blood count showed leukocytosis due to neutrofilia and monocytosis, the radiograph showed significant accumulation of fluid suggestive of bilateral effusion and the tomography showed a large heterogeneous, irregular mass with poorly defined limits that extended to the caudal portion of the thorax. The case showed the importance of thoracentesis in these cases, in addition to indicating possible neoplastic processes with a high degree of malignancy due to the rapid progression of the disease.