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http://dx.doi.org/10.17555/jvc.2015.06.32.3.247

Multiple Subcutaneous Nodular Metastasis from Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder in a Dog  

Kim, Hye-young (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Hong, Eun-ji (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Park, Hyung-jin (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Kwon, Hyo-jung (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Song, Kun-ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
Seo, Kyoung-won (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.32, no.3, 2015 , pp. 247-250 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 10-year-old spayed female Pomeranian dog weighing 3.65 kg was presented with a 7-month history of urinary incontinence, stranguria and hematuria. The patient had mass lesions at left prescapular region ($3cm{\times}3cm$) and left axillary region ($5cm{\times}4cm$). Diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) with multiple cutaneous metastasis was made. Dog was treated with chemotherapy using mitoxantrone and piroxicam for 5 months. Although TCC size of urinary bladder was decreased during chemotherapy, there was no change of subcutaneous tumor size and mild relief of clinical signs. Partial anorexia for 3 weeks and multiple masses were noted at left caudal abdominal wall and left medial thigh (203 days after first presentation) and assessed as chronic kidney disease and additional subcutaneous metastasis of urinary bladder TCC by post-mortem and histopathological findings.
Keywords
chemotherapy; cutaneous metastasis; dog; subcutaneous metastasis; transitional cell carcinoma;
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