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The clinical presentation of a mid‐tail melanocytoma with sudden malignant transformation in a bay Irish Draught gelding
Author(s) -
Poore L. A.,
Rest J. R.,
Knottenbelt D. C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2012.00390.x
Subject(s) - melanocytoma , medicine , bay , malignant transformation , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , amputation , pathology , surgery , melanoma , cancer research , civil engineering , engineering
Summary Equine melanocytic tumours may be either a benign or malignant skin disease. They commonly involve the skin of grey horses. There are no reports of mid‐tail melanocytoma with sudden malignant transformation. Partial tail amputation was used to resect a melanocytic tumour mass from the mid‐tail of a 16‐year‐old bay Irish Draught (ID) horse. There was no evidence of significant re‐growth or complications at a 6‐month post operative examination.