PAKISTAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Pak Vet J, 2019, 39(1): 135-137

Near-Total Glossectomy for Treatment of Mast Cell Tumor in a Dog

JLC Castro¹, S Santalucia², VGP Albernaz³*, VSP Castro², MVM Pires⁴, JR Engracia Filho⁵, PTO Leme Junior⁶, RR Huppes⁷, AB De Nardi⁸ and JM Pazzini⁹

²Veterinary Medicine Graduate Program, Center of Rural Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil; ³Department of Veterinary Surgery and Anesthesiology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil; ⁴Autonomous Veterinary Doctor, Curitiba, Brazil; ⁵Anesthesiology, Castelo Branco University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ⁶Graduate Program in Animal Science - PPGCA, School of Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil; ⁷Neuroscience, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; ⁸Veterinary Medicine Undergraduate Program, UniCesumar, Maringá, Brazil; ⁹Veterinary Medicine Graduate Program, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal, Brazil; *Corresponding author: vinicius.gp.albernaz@gmail.com

Abstract

Tongue tumors are rare, comprising only 4% of all oropharyngeal tumors. Mast cell tumor (MCT) is the third most frequent tumor of the tongue. Although several treatment alternatives are indicated, the surgical excision with good margins is the best option for this malignancy. One grade III MCT case involving the base of the tongue was treated with near-total glossectomy and combined with pre- and post-operative chemotherapy providing high survival time and life quality.

To Cite This Article: Castro JLC, Santalucia S, Albernaz VGP, Castro VSP, Pires MVM, Filho JRE, Junior PTOL, Huppes RR, De Nardi AB and Pazzini JM, 2019. Near-total glossectomy for treatment of mast cell tumor in a dog. Pak Vet J, 39(1): 135-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2019.001

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ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)

ISSN 0253-8318 (Print)
ISSN 2074-7764 (Online)