Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with eye tumor cured by vincristine treatment
By Milo, Jewel & Snead, Elisabeth·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2014·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: A case of ocular canine transmissible venereal tumor.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 1-year-old female mixed-breed dog was brought to the vet because of a mass on her third eyelid. She was diagnosed with a rare eye tumor called a transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) along with some infections. The vet treated her with a medication called vincristine sulfate, which successfully eliminated the tumor. After treatment, the dog's eye condition completely resolved.
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Abstract
A 1-year-old, intact female mixed-breed dog was presented to St. George's University Small Animal Clinic in Grenada for a third eyelid mass. The dog was diagnosed with a rare ocular transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) and concurrent anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and dirofilariasis. Treatment with vincristine sulfate resulted in complete resolution of the TVT.
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