Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog limping from lung cancer invading chest wall
By Munday, J S et al.·Published in Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine·2006·Department of Pathobiology·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Lameness in a dog caused by thoracic wall invasion by a pulmonary neoplasm.
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Plain-English summary
A 12-year-old fox terrier was brought in for lameness in the front leg that had lasted for three weeks. An ultrasound showed a mass in the chest wall and damage to a rib, leading to a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer that had spread. Unfortunately, due to the severity of the cancer, the dog was euthanized. A post-mortem examination confirmed the presence of the tumor in the lung and chest wall.
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Abstract
A 12-year-old fox-terrier dog presented with forelimb lameness of 3-weeks duration. Ultrasonography revealed a mass within the thoracic wall and osteolysis of the left third rib. A squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed by cytological examination of an ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirate of this mass. As a result of the diagnosis of neoplasia, the dog was euthanatized. Necropsy revealed a solitary expansile mass within the left cranial lung lobe, and a mass within the adjacent thoracic wall. Thickening of the pleura between the two masses was visible, although adhesions were not present. Histology of both masses revealed a well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first detailed description of direct invasion of the thoracic wall by a canine lung tumour.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16901271/