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Compendio de Ciencias Veterinarias
On-line version ISSN 2226-1761
Abstract
AVALOS RUIZ DIAZ, A et al. INCIDENTAL FINDING OF A CHEMODECTOMA IN A CANINE ENGLISH BULLDOG. Compend. cienc. vet [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.1, pp.31-35. ISSN 2226-1761. https://doi.org/10.18004/compend.cienc.vet.2015.05.01.31-35.
ABSTRACT. The present study describes macroscopic and microscopic chemodectoma findings in a canine English Bulldog , female, 6 years with sudden death and suspicious of poisoning. The animal was referred for post-mortem evaluation to the Pathology Sciences Department of Veterinary Faculty - National University of Asunción (UNA) . The necropsy revealed an unique irregular protuberance (4 x 2.5 cm) located at the heart base external to the aorta, invading adventicia and infiltrating left atrium myocardium with focal central necrosis. Histopathological examination showed polygonal, round and oval cells with granular cytoplasm, histologic characteristics of neoplastic chemoreceptor cells.
Keywords : chemodectoma; aortic body; canine; heart.