Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Mare with oral tumor - what does it mean?
By Snook, E R & Wakamatsu, N·Published in Veterinary pathology·2011·Tulane University Health Sciences Center, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Diagnostic Exercise: oral tumor in an aged mare.
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 17-year-old Thoroughbred mare was examined after she passed away, and a large tumor was found in her mouth. Tests showed that this tumor was a type of cancer called a soft tissue sarcoma, which comes from nerve tissue. Oral tumors like this are uncommon in horses, and this particular case is the first of its kind reported in veterinary medicine. Unfortunately, since the mare was already deceased, no treatment was given.
Abstract
A 17-year-old, Thoroughbred mare was presented for necropsy with a large, invasive oral mass determined via immunohistochemistry to be a soft tissue sarcoma of neural origin. Oral sarcomas are rare in veterinary medicine, and to the authors' knowledge, this is the first oral sarcoma of neural tissue origin reported in a horse.
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