Clinical Aspects of Lymphoid, Plasmocytoid and Mixed Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TVTc)
Keywords:
neoplasm, round cells, canines, oncologyAbstract
The objective of this study was to describe the clinical aspects of the subtypes of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor (TVTc). The clinical record of 40 dogs with the cytologic diagnosis of TVTc was evaluated. Of these was selected information about classification, clinical complaint and affected organs with their specific locations. In this study, the plasmocytoid TVTc prevailed. The predominant clinical complaint was penile bleeding (14/40) and vaginal bleeding (13/40). As to the location, genital (G) (34/40) and extragenital (EG) (17/40) tumors were observed, with TVTcL (G-66,66% and EG-66,66%), TVTcM (G-90% and EG-30%) and TVTcP (G-90,47% and EG-38,08%). Among the genitals, the base, body and gland prevailed, and in the vagina: ventral and dorsal floors. In the extragenital tumors, there were changes in the skin, mouth, subcutaneous, nasal region and eye. It was concluded that the TVTcP prevailed more in the skin, while the TVTcL in the head region.
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