Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with penile cancer and high calcium levels treated by surgery
By Furtado, A R R et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2015·Animal Health Trust·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Primary penile adenocarcinoma with concurrent hypercalcaemia of malignancy in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 13-year-old male neutered Siberian husky cross was brought to the vet with a 3-week history of blood in his urine and swelling at the base of his penis. Tests, including a CT scan, showed a soft-tissue mass, and further examination revealed high calcium levels linked to cancer. The mass was surgically removed, which resolved the high calcium levels. A biopsy confirmed that the mass was an adenocarcinoma, a type of cancer. This case is notable as it is the first reported instance of this specific type of cancer in dogs with related high calcium levels.
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Abstract
A 13-year-old male neutered Siberian husky crossbreed dog was presented with a 3-week history of haematuria and penile swelling. Clinical examination and computed tomography demonstrated a soft-tissue mass located at the base of the penis without signs of other primary tumours or metastasis. Clinicopathological findings revealed paraneoplastic hypercalcaemia. Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the mass suggested an epithelial tumour with several criteria of malignancy present. Following surgical excision of the mass, the hypercalcaemia resolved. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry revealed features consistent with an adenocarcinoma. Despite thorough examination, no perineal or anal sac tumour was found. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a penile adenocarcinoma with hypercalcaemia of malignancy.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25370307/