Title
Extragenital transmissible venereal tumor: Retrospective study of 11 cases
Other title
Tumor venéreo transmisible canino extragenital: Estudio retrospectivo de 11 casos
Date Issued
01 January 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Claudia Miguel De Priego G.
Luis Torres P.
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
A medical follow-up on 11 patients with clinical signs compatible with extra-genital canine venereal transmissible tumor was conducted from June 2003 to August 2009. The canines were evaluated and further medical procedures such as radiographies, ultrasounds, cytology and histopathology were performed to confirm the diagnosis. The nasal tumor was the most common presentation (9/11) and unilateral epistaxis was the most common clinical sign (7). Only one case of bilateral epistaxis was observed. Bloody discharge was the only clinical sign observed in cases where the lesion was located in the uterine stump (1) or anus (1). The clinical signs lasted in average 2.8 months (0.5-12 months). The ultrasound and radiographic procedures were helpful in determining the presentation, location and size of the lesions; the cytology and histopathology showed to be suitable clinical procedures to determine the final diagnosis; and treatment with vincristina sulfate, used for 6.5 weeks (4 to 9 weeks) proved to be effective in all cases as imagenological alterations decreased or disappeared.
Start page
342
End page
350
Volume
22
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84859529923
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
1682-3419
Sources of information:
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