Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Soft tissue sarcoma at the site of a previous laparoscopic-assisted gastropexy in a dog.
- Journal:
- The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne
- Year:
- 2021
- Authors:
- Allegrini, Gabriella et al.
- Affiliation:
- Ontario Veterinary College Ringgold standard institution · Canada
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old spayed female Doberman pinscher was taken to the Ontario Veterinary College because she had a large lump on her belly. After some imaging tests, vets found that this 6 by 7 cm mass was located where she had previously undergone a surgery to attach her stomach to the abdominal wall three years ago. The doctors removed the mass along with some surrounding tissue, and tests on the lump showed it was a grade III soft tissue sarcoma, which is a type of cancer. This case is notable because it suggests that similar tumors could develop at sites of previous surgeries in dogs, much like what has been seen in cats with injection site sarcomas. The treatment was successful in removing the tumor with clean margins, meaning no cancer cells were left behind.
Abstract
An 8-year-old, spayed female, Doberman pinscher dog was presented to the Ontario Veterinary College Health Sciences Center for evaluation of a large subcutaneous mass on the right cranial ventral abdomen. Computed tomography localized a 6 × 7 cm soft tissue mass to the site of a laparoscopic-assisted gastropexy performed 3 years earlier. Body wall resection with wide surgical margins was performed. Histological evaluation identified the mass as a grade III soft tissue sarcoma with clean surgical margins. To the authors' knowledge, this report is the first to detail a case of a soft tissue sarcoma that is suspected to have originated at and/or infiltrated into tissues that were previously incised during a surgical procedure. Key clinical message: Based on this case, there is a possibility of a clinical correlate to the feline injection site sarcoma in the canine species.
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