A14-year-old 54 lb (24.6 kg) neutered male Vizsla was presented for evaluation of progressive worsening stranguria, which had caused complete urinary obstruction of five days' duration.Three months before presentation, the patient had been diagnosed by its primary care veterinarian with stage Mb, multicentric lymphoblastic lymphoma. The diagnosis was based on the results of a fine-needle aspiration of the left prescapular lymph node. At the time of diagnosis, thoracic and abdominal radiography revealed enlarged sternal, inguinal, and sublumbar lymph nodes and hepatosplenomega-ly. Abdominal ultrasonography was not performed. A modified University of Wisconsin-Madison chemotherapy protocol was instituted.
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