Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Survival data for canine oral extramedullary plasmacytomas: a retrospective analysis (1996-2006).
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association
- Year:
- 2008
- Authors:
- Wright, Zachary M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
In a 10-year period, extramedullary plasmacytomas (EMP) represented 5.2% of all oral tumors found in the dog (16/302). These 16 oral EMP comprised 28.5% of all EMP within the same time period. Eleven dogs died with a median survival time of 474 days. Five dogs remain alive at the time of this writing. Dogs without complete surgical removal of the EMP and no adjuvant therapy had a median survival time of 138 days. Oral EMP have a clinical behavior consistent with EMP arising from other tissues. They have no obvious correlation with multiple myeloma, and complete surgical resection may be curative.
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