Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse with lung tumor treated by removing right lung
By Facemire, P R et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2000·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Treatment of granular cell tumor via complete right lung resection in a horse.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old warmblood mare was brought in for breathing problems and was diagnosed with a rare lung tumor called a pulmonary granular cell tumor. To treat it, the veterinarians removed her entire right lung to ensure all of the tumor was taken out. Remarkably, she recovered well and is able to function with just one lung, showing minimal difficulties. This case is notable as it's the first time this type of tumor has been treated with complete lung removal in a horse.
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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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