Table 2.
Diagnoses, as identified by aqueous cytopathology, correlated with the final diagnosis
| Aqueous cytopathology & final diagnosis | Dogs | Cats |
|---|---|---|
| Neoplasia confidently identified on aqueous cytology | 7/56 | 7/39 |
| Lymphoma/discrete cell neoplasia | 6/7 | 7/39a |
| Large cell carcinoma | 1/7 | – |
| Neoplasia not confidently identified on aqueous cytopathology | ||
| Lymphoma | 3/56 | 2/39 |
| Other nonocular neoplasia | 4/56 | – |
| Other Intraocular neoplasm | 5/56 | 1/39 |
| Non‐neoplastic cases | 37/56 | 27/39 |
| Inflammatory aqueous | 35/56 | 26/39 |
| Mixed | 23/35 | 13/27 |
| Mononuclear | 9/35 | 9/27 |
| Neutrophilic | 2/35 | 4/27 |
| Eosinophilic | 1/35 | – |
| Hemorrhagic | 1/35 | – |
| Normal/hypocellular | 1/35 | 1/27 |
a
Plus two feline cytopathology reports as ‘probable’ lymphoma not corroborated by nonocular testing nor clinical progression of disease.
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