Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Treatment of granular cell tumor via complete right lung resection in a horse.
- Journal:
- Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Year:
- 2000
- Authors:
- Facemire, P R et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old warmblood mare was taken to a veterinary clinic because she had a problem with her breathing. The vets found that she had a rare type of tumor in her right lung called a pulmonary granular cell tumor, which tends to grow locally but doesn't usually spread to other parts of the body. To treat her, the entire right lung was surgically removed to get rid of the tumor completely. After the surgery, the mare recovered well and is managing to live with just one lung. This case is notable because it's the first time this type of tumor has been treated with complete lung removal in a horse.
Abstract
A 7-year-old warmblood mare was referred because of a respiratory tract disorder; pulmonary granular cell tumor was diagnosed. Pulmonary granular cell tumor is a locally invasive but rare type of tumor with low metastatic potential. The entire right lung was resected to ensure removal of all neoplastic tissue. The horse recovered well and has minimal difficulties functioning with one lung. Most of these tumors are diagnosed during postmortem examination. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pulmonary granular cell tumor treated by complete lung resection in a horse.
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