Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with bone cancer tumor on hard palate and treatment options
By B.L. Silveira et al.·Published in Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia·2021·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Osteosarcoma of the hard palate in a dog ˗ case report
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female mongrel dog was brought in with a firm mass in her hard palate, which was diagnosed as osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. After thorough testing, including imaging and biopsies, the vet determined that surgery wasn't an option due to the tumor's location. Instead, the dog received a combination of conventional chemotherapy, metronomic chemotherapy, and palliative care to improve her quality of life and extend her survival. Fortunately, there were no signs of the cancer spreading to other parts of her body.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most diagnosed primary bone cancer in canine patients. This work reports a case of a canine, six years old, mongrel, female, intact, with an OSA in the hard palate. Physical examination detected a firm mass in the palate. Thoracic radiographs, hematological and biochemical exams, histopathological exams and computed tomography were requested. A chondroblastic OSA was diagnosed and the tumor was characterized by immunohistochemistry. There was never evidence of metastasis in this case. The treatment consisted of the combination of conventional chemotherapy, metronomic chemotherapy, and palliative care, aiming at greater survival and well-being of the patient since surgical excision was not possible due to the location and extension of the tumor. Osteogenic sarcomas of the hard palate are rarely seen and described in the literature. In this article we present a characterization of the osteosarcoma with uncommon localization in the hard palate.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4162-12085