Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with chronic cough cured by lung tumor surgery
By Lynch, S et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2013·Department of Clinical Sciences·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Pulmonary lipoma in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
An eight-year-old neutered male German short-haired pointer was brought in for a chronic cough and a mass in his chest. A CT scan showed a fatty tumor in his right lung that was affecting his airways. The vet successfully removed the tumor through surgery, and after the operation, the dog's cough went away completely. A follow-up scan a year later showed no signs of the tumor returning.
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Abstract
An eight-year-old, neutered, male German short-haired pointer was presented for a chronic cough and an intrathoracic mass. Computed tomography revealed a mass with low attenuation in the right caudal lung lobe that invaded the principal bronchi. The mass was removed by right caudal and accessory lung lobectomy. The histopathological diagnosis was pulmonary lipoma. The clinical signs resolved following surgery. There was no evidence of recurrence or de novo lesions on computed tomography performed 12 months post-surgery. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a pulmonary lipoma in a dog.
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