Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Bleeding nose growth in dog treated with laser therapy
By Olivieri, Lara et al.·Published in Veterinary dermatology·2010·L'Ospedale degli Animali, Italy·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Cutaneous progressive angiomatosis on the muzzle of a dog, treated by laser photocoagulation therapy.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old female cocker spaniel was brought in with a bleeding growth on her nose that had started as a small bump when she was just a year old. Over time, this bump grew larger and more pronounced, leading to a diagnosis of progressive angiomatosis, a type of vascular tumor. The initial treatment with surgery didn't work, as the lesion returned within six months. However, after switching to laser photocoagulation therapy, the dog had a successful outcome with no signs of relapse one year later, improving both the appearance and health of her nose.
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Abstract
A 10-year old, female, cocker spaniel was presented with a bleeding lesion on the muzzle and nasal planum observed initially as a small raised nodule at 1 year of age. This became clinically more pronounced at 5 years of age, progressively enlarged thereafter and was diagnosed initially as a vascular tumour. On clinical examination, multiple confluent nodules of variable diameter (0.5-1.5 cm) deformed the outline of the nose. Histological examination revealed a progressive angiomatosis with multifocal infiltrative growth of increased dermal vascularization with different sized and type of anastomosing vessels lined by a monolayer of reactive endothelium, often arranged as papillary projections into the lumina. Partial nosectomy, the first therapeutic approach, was unsuccessful and the lesion relapsed within 6 months. However, subsequent laser photocoagulation therapy provided a good cosmetic outcome, no relapse 1 year later, and appeared to provide an effective alternative to ablation surgery.
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