Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with tonsil plasma cell tumor treated by surgery only
By Iwaki, Yoshimi et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2018·Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Iwaki, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Tonsillar plasmacytoma in a dog.
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- dog
Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old greyhound was found to have a mass in the tonsil during a routine check-up. The vet performed surgery to remove the mass, which turned out to be a plasma cell tumor. The dog's owner chose not to pursue additional treatment after surgery. A year later, the dog showed no signs of the tumor returning or spreading, and there were no related health issues.
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Abstract
A 10-year-old greyhound dog was presented because of an incidental finding of a tonsillar mass. Excisional surgical biopsy was performed and the dog was diagnosed with an incompletely resected plasma cell tumor. Adjuvant therapy was declined. One year later there was no local recurrence or distant metastasis of the mass or clinical signs associated with the tonsillar plasmacytoma.
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