Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with breathing noise and voice loss cured after arytenoid tumor
By Muraro, L et al.·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·2013·Dick White Referrals Station Farm, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Successful management of an arytenoid chondrosarcoma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old Doberman Pinscher was brought to the vet with breathing difficulties, a change in voice, loss of appetite, and weight loss that had been worsening over four weeks. The vet found a mass in the dog's larynx, which was diagnosed as a chondrosarcoma (a type of cancer) after surgery to remove it. The surgery involved cutting into the throat to take out the affected cartilage, and a follow-up a year later showed that the dog had fully recovered with no signs of cancer returning. This successful treatment offers hope for similar cases in the future.
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Abstract
An eight-year-old Doberman pinscher was presented with a four-week history of inspiratory stridor, dysphonia, inappetence and weight loss. Inspiratory stridor was apparent and became more pronounced during gentle compression of the larynx. Previous investigations, including laryngoscopy, had revealed the presence of a left-sided arytenoid mass. Histological examination of pinch biopsies was not diagnostic. The mass was removed by resection of the arytenoid cartilage through a ventral laryngotomy allowing salvage of the cuneiform process. Histological examination of the laryngeal mass was consistent with a chondrosarcoma, grade I, infiltrating the arytenoid cartilage. Re-examination at 12 months showed complete resolution of the clinical signs and no signs of metastatic disease. To the authors' knowledge this is the first report of successful surgical intervention for laryngeal chondrosarcoma. This case demonstrates that resection via a ventral laryngotomy may be a viable and curative therapeutic option for some sarcomas of the larynx.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23039786/