Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with mesojejunoileal liposarcoma and liver metastasis
By Chang, Shih-Chieh & Liao, Jiunn-Wang·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2008·Department of Veterinary Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Mesojejunoileac liposarcoma with intrahepatic metastasis in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old male Dachshund was brought in with a swollen left abdomen, which turned out to be caused by a liposarcoma (a type of cancer) in the mesojejunoileum (part of the intestine). After surgery to remove the tumor, doctors discovered that the cancer had spread to the liver. The dog was treated with two different chemotherapy drugs, doxorubicin and capecitabine, but unfortunately, these treatments did not help, and the dog passed away 22 months later due to the cancer.
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Abstract
We report a liposarcoma at the mesojejunoileum that was widely excised, and then the intrahepatic metastatic liposarcoma was found. The dog was treated by two single-agent chemotherapy separately. The patient was an 8-year-old, male Dachshund, and was referred to our hospital owing to the significant distention of the left abdomen. Neither radiography nor ultrasonography detected the actual association of the tumor with the abdominal viscera before surgery. A large-sized tumor mass that adhered to the mesojejunoileum was explored by laparatomy. Final diagnosis of a pleomorphic liposarcoma was made by the routine histology and further identified by Oil Red O stain. The two single-agent chemotherapy including doxorubicin followed by capecitabine, however, failed to cause remission of the intrahepatic metastatic lesions. The patient died 22 months after operation and the cause of death was supposed to be metastatic liposarcoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18628610/