• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2017

A 10-year-old, spayed, female Cocker Spaniel was referred to our hospital with a history of a cough and dyspnea. The patient was tentatively diagnosed with a chemodectoma based on clinical features evident on echocardiography and computed tomography. Metronomic chemotherapy utilizing toceranib phosphate as well as medications for congestive heart failure were administered. During the period chemotherapy was administered (nine months from the time of diagnosis), clinical improvement was noted without the development of any adverse effects. However, clinical signs recurred after chemotherapy was discontinued at the owner's request. When the patient was reevaluated via computed tomography, it was found that the size of the mass had increased. The patient developed severe dyspnea secondary to recurrent pleural effusion and was euthanized 65 days after clinical signs reappeared. A necropsy was performed and the patient was definitively diagnosed with a chemodectoma based on histopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis. This case report describes the clinical application of metronomic chemotherapy with toceranib phosphate, which is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in the treatment of a chemodectoma. We propose that this treatment may improve the quality of life and result in a prolonged survival time compared to treatment with medications for congestive heart failure alone.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.187-191
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• 2008

A 7-year-old, intact female Yorkshire terrier dog was presented for coughing, anorexia, chest pain and dyspnea. Right lateral thoracic radiograph demonstrated a large mass shape on the heart base with decreased cardiac silhouette and severe right deviation of the trachea with the heart shifted to the left thoracic wall was observed on the ventrodorsal thoracic projection. Echocardiographic examination revealed a large rounded mass compressing left atrium around the heart base without signs of pericardial effusion. On computed tomographic (CT) findings, sagittal CT images depicted the possibility of cranial vena caval invasion and heart base involvement of the mass associated with biatrial compression. Dorsal CT image revealed the right deviation of trachea due to the heart base mass and markedly shrunk lung space was detected on the transverse CT image. Because the dog suddenly had died during the recovery from anesthesia after finishing CT scan, necropsy was performed. On gross findings, a large and lobulated mass was located at the base of the heart. A poorly-demarcated, infiltrative, multilobulated tumor composed of polyhedral cells in solid cellular sheets was confirmed based on histopathologic examination. This dog was diagnosed as a chemodectoma. This case report describes the clinical findings, diagnostic consistency of thoracic radiography, echocardiography and CT, and histopathologic confirmation in a spontaneously occurring chemodectoma with a Yorkshire terrier dog.

• 한국임상수의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국임상수의학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.250-250
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• 2009

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.48-51
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• 2008

심한 복부팽만과 호흡 곤란 증세를 보이는 10살의 요크셔 테리어가 내원하였다. 방사선과 초음파 검사로 우심방과 주폐동맥에 인접한 대동맥 주위로 고에코성의 큰 종괴를 확인하였다. 확인된 종양은 심장 기저부 주위에 존재하는 확장성 종양으로 삼첨판 역류, 대량의 복수와 간정맥 확장을 동반한 간종대와 같은 우심 부전 소견을 보였다. 전산화단층촬영법으로 확인된 이 종괴는 전대정맥에서 후대정맥까지 위치한 심장 기저부 주위에 존재하는 크고 비균질성을 띤 종괴였다. 이 종괴는 전대정맥, 심장, 후대정맥 및 흉벽까지 침습되어 있었으며, 세침흡입술을 통한 잠정적인 진단은 Chemodectoma였다. 본 증례로 다양한 진단 영상학적 수단을 통한 심기저부 종양에 대한 특징 및 역할을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.310-314
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• 2021

Compared to the other chemodectoma, aortic body tumors, the carotid body tumor is rarer and more often malignant. In the present case, a 12-year-old, intact female Shih-tzu dog presented to the hospital with a right ventral cervical mass. The mass was diagnosed by immunohistochemical staining with chromogranin A (CgA) as a carotid body tumor. The cervical mass and metastasized lymph node were removed by surgical resection. Because the dog had valvular heart disease, chemotherapy with carboplatin was initiated over 6 months to prevent metastasis and recurrence as an adjunctive treatment. After over two years of management, tumor metastasis and recurrence were not observed until recently. This report shows that proper management and chemotherapy as an adjunctive therapy can treat carotid body tumors in elderly dogs with concurrent heart disease.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2018

A 6-year-old intact female Shih-tzu dog was referred due to anorexia. Physical examination, complete blood count, serum chemical analysis, radiography, and ultrasonography were evaluated. Physical examination and hematological analysis showed normal findings. Abdominal radiographs and ultrasound revealed well-defined masses in the spleen. Other abdominal organs showed no significant abnormalities. Tissue samples taken via sono-guided fine needle aspiration of the splenic mass showed many bare nuclei, which were variable in size. Results of histopathological and immunohistochemical (IHC) analyses performed after splenectomy were consistent with paraganglioma. Based on these findings, we diagnosed this patient with a paraganglioma of splenic origin. Two months after splenectomy, abdominal ultrasonography revealed a new neoplastic lesion in the liver. The clients refused further management and the patient expired three months after initial diagnosis. Necropsy as well as histopathological and IHC examinations of other systemic organs including the liver, adrenal gland, kidney, brain, urinary bladder, lung, aortic body, carotid body, and pancreas were performed. The neoplastic tissue in the liver also demonstrated features of a paraganglioma, and there were no remarkable findings in all other organs.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.407-411
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• 2014

12살령 중성화 수컷 페키니즈 개가 허약, 운동불내성과 2주전부터 시작한 기침을 주증으로 내원하였다. 신체검사에서 좌측 수축기성 심잡음(grade II/VI) 이 확인되었고, 심장초음파 검사에서 심낭수와 좌심방 주변 심기저부에 종괴가 관찰되었다. 심낭수천자 후에는 흉부방사선 상에서도 좌심방 옆으로 종괴가 확인되었다. 사후 부검을 통한 조직학적 검사 및 면역조직화학 염색을 통해 대동맥체 종양으로 진단되었다. 본 환축은 진단 후 내과적 치료만을 받았으며, 심낭수의 재발 없이 234일을 생존하였다.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.508-510
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• 2015

7살의 중성화된 수컷 보스턴테리어 개가 호흡곤란과 편측성 목부위 혹으로 내원하였다. 신체검사에서 왼쪽 아래턱밑 부위의 혹이 촉진되었다. 컴퓨터단층촬영 검사 결과 이 혹은 왼쪽 혀정맥 유래의 종양으로 의심되었다. 보호자의 거부로 치료가 진행되지 못했으며 내원 10일 후 호흡부전으로 폐사하였다. 부검에서 경계가 분명한 혹이 왼쪽 후두부위에서 확인되었으며 병리조직학적, 면역조직화학적 검사가 시행되었다. 컴퓨터단층촬영, 병리조직학적, 면역조직화학적 검사를 토대로 왼쪽 혀정맥에서 유래한 목부위 곁신경절종으로 최종진단되었다. 본 증례보고는 개에서 발생한 혀정맥 유래 목부위 곁신경절종의 임상적, 컴퓨터단층촬영, 병리조직학적 및 면역조직화학적 특징들을 잘 나타내고 있다.