Editorial Type: Articles
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Online Publication Date: 01 May 2000

Seminoma with cutaneous metastases in a dog

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Article Category: Research Article
Page Range: 253 – 256
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-36-3-253
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A 10-year-old Great Pyrenees was presented for anorexia and weight loss. On physical examination, the dog was emaciated and showed a large ulcerated lesion on the right lower lip in addition to an enlarged right testicle. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the testicle and surgical biopsy of the lip lesion were performed; the histopathological report was consistent with metastatic seminoma. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach in this unusual metastatic seminoma is presented and compared to the previous literature. A multimodality therapy consisting of surgery and chemotherapy is proposed for the clinical management of metastatic seminoma in dogs.

Copyright: 2000
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