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Pet's info: Dog | Doberman Pinscher | Female | unspayed | 7 years and 5 months old | 100 lbs
What would be the difference between Lymphoma cancer or just an infection?
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Published on June 27th, 2017
The two diseases are completely different even though could have some clinical signs in common (like elevated temperature). Lymphoma cancer is a type of tumor (kind of hyperproliferation of cells) affecting own lymphocytes; an infection is caused by a different/external source (could be caused a bacterial, fungi, parasites etc etc) affecting different type of organs or body systems. Please complete your question describing the problem to receive a specific answer from us. Please do not hesitate to contact us again on the forum or by requesting a consultation if you have any more questions or to discuss it any further.
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