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Perianal rhabdomyosarcoma in a dog
Author(s) -
Ueno H.,
Kadosawa T.,
Isomura H.,
Okada Y.,
Ochiai K.,
Umemura T.,
Okumura M.,
Fujinaga T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2002.tb00061.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rhabdomyosarcoma , labrador retriever , vincristine , radiation therapy , surgery , cyclophosphamide , chemotherapy , lymph , distant metastasis , metastasis , sarcoma , pathology , cancer
A perianal rhabdomyosarcoma was diagnosed in an 11‐year‐old neutered male Labrador retriever. Following two incomplete surgical excisions of the tumour, the dog was treated by means of surgery combined with local radiotherapy and systemic chemotherapy using one cycle of vincristine sulphate, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (VAC protocol). The dog died 252 days after the first combined therapy. Radiography at this time demonstrated enlargement of the iliac lymph nodes, suggesting metastasis of the tumour. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of treatment of canine perianal rhabdomyosarcoma.