Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cranioplasty after skull tumor removal in two dogs
By Moissonnier, P et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·1997·Department of Surgery, France·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cranioplasty after en bloc resection of calvarial chondroma rodens in two dogs.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old mixed breed dog and a 7-year-old Labrador were diagnosed with a type of bone tumor called chondroma rodens. Both dogs underwent surgery to remove the tumors, followed by reconstruction of the skull using either a bone graft or a special implant. After their surgeries, both dogs were doing well and showed no signs of the tumors returning even 18 to 30 months later. This suggests that the combination of surgery and reconstruction can be effective for treating this type of tumor in dogs.
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Abstract
The clinical features of chondroma rodens in two dogs and the treatment using radiation therapy, en bloc resection of the tumours and cranioplasties with a bone allograft (case 1) and a polymethylmethacrylate implant (case 2) are described. The dogs were still alive with no local recurrence of the tumours 30 and 18 months, respectively, after surgery. En bloc resection and calvarial reconstruction in the treatment of chondroma rodens are discussed.
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