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Dog with jaw tumor treated by mandibulectomy and cured after 2 years
By Meyers, Bruce et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary dentistry·2007·Department of Companion Animal Clinical Studies·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Diagnosis and management of odontogenic myxoma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old Jack Russell terrier was brought to the vet with a large growth in its mouth, specifically on the right side of the jaw. X-rays showed that the mass was affecting the bone structure, and a biopsy confirmed it was an odontogenic myxoma, a type of tumor that originates in the tooth-forming tissues. The vet performed surgery to remove the tumor and surrounding tissue, which successfully eliminated the problem. Two years later, the dog showed no signs of the disease returning.
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Abstract
A three-year-old Jack Russell terrier dog was presented with a large gingival mass of the right mandible extending from the fourth premolar to the first molar teeth. Radiographic examination of the expansile mass revealed moth-eaten, honeycomb-like lyses of the mandible and extended into the mandibular alveolar canal based on computed tomography. The histopathological diagnosis of the biopsy was odontogenic fibromyxoma. Mandibulectomy with resection of the associated soft tissues was performed. Surgical management was curative with no clinical signs of disease 2-years after treatment. These neoplasms are slow growing, locally destructive tumors of odontogenic origin that have been described in the jaw of only one dog. In this paper, the clinico-radiological and pathologic features, diagnostic modalities as well as the factors that might influence treatment outcome of odontogenic myxomas are discussed. These odontogenic tumors are currently excluded from the WHO classification of odontogenic tumors in domestic animals and inclusion in future classifications systems is proposed.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17985692/