Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with soft-tissue fibrosarcoma treated by artery embolization
By Sun, Fei et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2002·University of Extremadura, Spain·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Angiographic study and therapeutic embolization of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma in a dog: case report and literature.
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Plain-English summary
A 9-year-old mixed-breed dog was diagnosed with a soft-tissue fibrosarcoma, a type of cancer, that had spread to the lungs. Despite several attempts to get a clear diagnosis through needle biopsies, a special imaging test called angiography suggested the presence of the tumor. The vet performed a procedure called transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) to shrink the tumor, which showed some success after two weeks. Unfortunately, the dog's overall health declined, and the owners chose to euthanize him. A follow-up examination confirmed the cancer diagnosis.
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Abstract
A case of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma with pulmonary metastases in a dog is reported. Although three attempts of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy failed to provide definitive tumor diagnosis, results of angiography strongly indicated a soft-tissue sarcoma. Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) using particles of gelatin sponge was performed following selective angiography. The mass was decreased in size on reevaluation 2 weeks after embolization. The dog was euthanized on the request of the owners due to overall failing health. Necropsy and pathological study confirmed the diagnosis of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma with pulmonary metastases. In a review of the literature, angiographic findings of soft-tissue sarcoma in the dog of this report were similar to those in human beings, suggesting a potential role for angiography in the differential diagnosis of suspect soft-tissue fibrosarcomas and for guiding FNA or surgical biopsy. Previous reports have also shown therapeutic embolization to be an effective treatment both in experimental animal study and in clinical practice in the human; therefore, TAE could be an effective adjunctive treatment of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma in the dog.
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