2013, Cilt 29, Sayı 1, Sayfa(lar) 053-057 |
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Disseminated metastatic transmissible venereal tumour in a bitch |
Ayse Merve Kose1, Sakine Ulkum Cizmeci1, Ibrahim Aydin1, Dursun Ali Dinc1, Mehmet Maden2, Ozgur Kanat3 |
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, Campus, Konya, Turkey 2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, Campus, Konya, Turkey 3Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Selcuk, Campus, Konya, Turkey |
Keywords: TVT, metastasis, bitch |
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The material of this case is a 4-years-old Siberian Husky bitch with
3 months of continuous postpartum bloody vaginal discharge
complaints. There were subcutaneous masses in various sizes
in many points, vaginal bloody discharge, edematous vulva
with fragile and easily bleeding on touch, cauliflower looking
tumoral masses as noticed during physical examination. Typical
transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) cells, shaped round, ovoid
or polyhedral with eosinophylic vacuole, thin cytoplasm,
round hyperchromatic nucleus and nucleolus were observed
on cytological examination of smears prepared from tumoral
masses in vagina. There were changes in echogenities of liver,
spleen and left kidney, hepatomegaly, spleenomegaly and
besides many mass formations in liver and one in spleen on
ultrasonographic examinations. Disseminated metastasized TVT
was diagnosed in the bitch depending on clinical, laboratory,
radiographic and ultrasonographic examinations. Prognosis of
the case was bad thus the patient was euthanized. Metastasized
masses were observed during necropsy in skin, subcutaneous
and around the udders, on the last rib, in abdomen, lung, liver
and spleen. It was observed that TVT case, which is benign
usually and metastatic rarely, turned malign and metastasized
to skin, subcutaneous tissue, udders, liver, spleen and lung. In
conclusion, a careful systemic examination and inquiring the
presence of metastasis should be considered in dogs with TVT.
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