Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Gingival capillary hemangioma and tooth resorption in a cat
By Kim, Se Eun et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2023·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Capillary gingival hemangioma in a cat.
Plain-English summary
A 12-year-old spayed female American short-haired cat had a dark red growth on her gums between her canine and incisor teeth. The vet removed the growth, which was diagnosed as a capillary hemangioma, a type of benign tumor. The mass did not come back for a year, but the cat needed to have her adjacent canine tooth extracted due to a separate issue called cervical resorption. This case highlights a rare type of gum tumor in cats and suggests a possible link between the tumor removal and the tooth problem.
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Abstract
A 12-year-old spayed female American short-haired cat presented with a palatal gingival mass located between the right maxillary third incisor and the canine teeth. The mass was dark red and had a narrow attachment to the gingival margin of the canine tooth. The mass was completely removed by marginal excision and the histopathological diagnosis was a capillary hemangioma. The mass did not relapse until 1 year later; however, the tooth was extracted because of cervical resorption of the right maxillary canine immediately adjacent to the mass resection site. This report presents a rare case of the gingival hemangioma in a cat and the possibility of a causal relationship between the occurrence of external cervical tooth resorption and hemangioma resection.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37880081/