Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Male dog with painful swollen belly and mammary cancer
By Silva, Daniella Matos da et al.·Published in Topics in companion animal medicine·2019·School of Life Sciences, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Inflammatory Mammary Carcinoma in a Male Dog-Case Report.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A male dog presented with painful, red skin on his belly and swelling in his groin and left hind leg, along with lumps in his mammary area. Tests showed he had a rare and aggressive type of breast cancer called inflammatory mammary carcinoma. Unfortunately, despite the diagnosis, the dog passed away just over a month later. This case highlights how this serious condition can affect male dogs, which is quite uncommon.
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Abstract
Inflammatory mammary carcinoma (IMC) is a rare and aggressive variant of a malignant mammary tumor. The present report describes the case of a male dog with clinical and histopathologic signs suggestive of IMC. The patient was presented to our clinic with painful and erythematous skin over the ventral abdomen, as well as preputial and left hind limb edema apparently associated with ill-defined nodules in the caudal mammary region. Cytologic examination of the nodules suggested the presence of a malignant epithelial tumor. Histopathology revealed anaplastic carcinoma with embolization in the dermal lymphatics. Immunohistochemistry showed cyclooxygenase-2 and E-cadherin expression in the neoplastic cells. The patient died 35 days after initial evaluation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first published case describing IMC in a male dog.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31837753/