Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with a painless abdominal lump diagnosed as myolipoma
By Mishra, C et al.·Published in Nepalese Veterinary Journal·2023·View original on Crossref →
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Original publication title: Abdominal Myolipoma in Dog- a Case Report
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female dog was brought to the vet because of an abdominal mass near her belly button, but she didn't show any other symptoms. After examining the mass and taking a tissue sample, the vet diagnosed it as an abdominal myolipoma, which is a type of tumor made up of fat and muscle cells. This condition can sometimes be confused with a mammary tumor, but tests showed it was not. The dog was treated based on this diagnosis, and while the abstract does not specify the treatment, such tumors are often surgically removed.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old female dog was referred to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The complaint was an abdominal mass around the umbilicus centrally and cranial to the sternum without any clinical manifestation. Histopathologically, mature adipocytes of different sizes were seen and were interposed within spindle shaped smooth muscle fibre. The muscle fibres were seen separated due to the proliferative infiltration of these adipocytes in between. Abdominal myolipoma was diagnosed based on the clinical manifestation, gross and histopathological lesions. This could have been misdiagnosed with mammary tumour but the absence of proliferative myoepithelial cells ruled out the possibility.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Crossref: https://doi.org/10.3126/nvj.v38i1.55873