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Acute lymphocytic leukemia and pseudohyperkalemia in a Jacob ram.

Afive-year-old Jacob ram weighing 55 kg was brought to the University of Tennessee Veterinary Teaching Hospital with a history of anorexia and weight loss over the preceding month. Prior treatment had included antibiotics and vitamin E-selenium, with no response. On physical examination, the ram was depressed and severely emaciated (body condition score 1 out of 5, as adapted from reference 1) with readily palpable bony prominences of the spine and pelvis. The heart and respiratory rates were elevated (114/min; 92/min, respectively). Harsh breath sounds were heard over the thorax, and the mucous membranes were pale. Further evaluation included a complete blood count (CBC), plasma fibrinogen, urinalysis, general chemistry panel, and fecal flotation. Because of the respiratory abnormalities, thoracic radiographs, bronchoscopy, and bronchial lavage were also done. Abnormalities found on CBC included a marked leukocytosis (472 white blood cells x 109/L), the vast majority (448 x 109/L) of which were blast cells (Figure 1). The differential diagnoses included acute leukemia and a leukemoid reaction, but the latter was less likely with such marked a leukocytosis (2). Additional laboratory abnormalities of significance were (normal values from reference 3): mature neutrophilia (23.6 x 109/L); elevated fibrinogen (9 g/L), anemia (PCV 16 L/L), mild thrombocytopenia (195 x 109/L), and elevated serum potassium (7.0 mmol/L). The findings on chest radiography and bronchial fluid cytology were consistent with septic bronchopneumonia which was likely responsible for the inflammatory hemogram. Hyperkalemia was unexplained at the time. Further diagnostic evaluation included cytological studies of the bone marrow and peripheral lymph nodes, and histochemical examination of peripheral blood to determine the affected cell line. Both the bone marrow and lymph node aspirates yielded many large, lymphoid blast cells. Special stains on the peripheral blood smears, including periodic acid-Schiff, peroxidase, alpha naphthyl acetate esterase, chloroacetate esterase, and Sudan black (4), determined the tumor cell line to be a nonmyeloid precursor, most likely lymphoid