SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CANINE ORAL TUMORS.

Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 5

Abstract

Five male dogs with age ranging from 5 -9 years, and different breeds viz., Labrador, St. Bernard, Spitz, GSD and Mongrel one each presented to the Department of Surgery and Radiology, CVSc, Rajendranagar, PVNR TVU with a history of difficulty in eating food, after oral examination, tumor mass in the mouth was identified, Oral radiographs did not show clear borders of the mass.Clinically and macroscopically, the mass was painful and had a nodular appearance and was reddish whitein color with varying size of length ranging from 5cm - 12cm and width ranging from 5cm ? 3cm. After surgical resection of the tumor mass, Histopathologic examination of the mass in all dogs revealed that the tumors were of malignant nature, Ameloblastoma (Laborador), Fibrous Histocytoma (St.Bernard), and others Squamous cell carcinoma. Reoccurrence of tumor growth after 30 day to 60 days was noticed. Further surgical resection was taken up to facilitate for easy passage of food while eating. Four dogs died after span of 3-4 months except one mongrel dog survived without any reoccurrence.

Authors and Affiliations

K. Jagan Mohan Reddy, V. Gireesh Kumar, K. B. P. Raghavender.

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  • EP ID EP298020
  • DOI 10.21474/IJAR01/7144
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K. Jagan Mohan Reddy, V. Gireesh Kumar, K. B. P. Raghavender. (2018). SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CANINE ORAL TUMORS.. International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 6(5), 1189-1194. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-298020