Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with lung bone cancer treated by thoracoscopy lung surgery
By Dhumeaux, Marc P & Haudiquet, Philippe R·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2009·Clinique vé, France·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Primary pulmonary osteosarcoma treated by thoracoscopy-assisted lung resection in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old female boxer was brought in with severe breathing problems caused by a mass in her left lung. The mass was diagnosed as an osteosarcoma (a type of bone cancer) and was successfully removed through surgery. After the procedure, the dog seemed to recover well, and there were no signs of the tumor when she passed away from an unrelated illness seven months later.
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Abstract
A 6-year-old female, intact boxer presented with acute respiratory distress due to a mass in the left cranial thorax. The tumor, which originated in the left lung and was shown by histology to be an osteosarcoma, was removed by lateral thoracotomy. The dog died from unrelated disease 7 mo later and no tumor was evident at necropsy.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19794873/