Abstract

A one-month-old female crossbred Holstein Friesian (CBHF) calf was presented with complaints of inappetance, fever and generalized lymphadenopathy. On clinical examination, pale mucus membrane, rectal temperature of 1050F and bilateral severe swelling of parotid, submandibular, retropharyngeal, prescapular and prefemoral lymph nodes were recorded. On fine needle aspirate cytology of lymph nodes, numerous pleomorphic lymphoid cells having scant rim of basophilic cytoplasm, large bizarre nucleus with diffusely spread fine chromatin, occasional prominent chromatin, marked anisokaryosis and anisocytosis was noted. Based on the findings, a diagnosis of sporadic case of juvenile lymphoma was made.

Keywords : Juvenile, lymphadenopathy, lymphoma, CBHF calf