Rakhshanpour Alaleh, Hasani Sayyed Jafar, Tehrani Ali-Asghar, Behfar Mehdi
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
DVM Graduate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.
Vet Res Forum. 2024;15(7):387-389. doi: 10.30466/vrf.2024.2017462.4096. Epub 2024 Jul 15.
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and more specifically tonsillar SCC are generally regarded as locally invasive with various rates of metastasis. A 13-year-old male Lhasa Apso was referred to the clinic with an unusual mass on his left tonsil and abnormal lumps under the tongue. The dog's food and water intake, breathing and heart rates, body temperature, capillary refill time, and blood tests were normal. A biopsy of abnormal tissue and immunohistochemical analysis were performed. Histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluations confirmed the basaloid SCC. Some treatments like surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are used to treat a specific tumor or area of the body. However, in this particular case, chemotherapy was not administered. Considering that dogs with tonsillar cancer generally have a poor to guarded prognosis and a short life expectancy, this case was euthanized after one year with the owner's consent due to the significant tumor enlargement.
鳞状细胞癌（SCC），更具体地说是扁桃体鳞状细胞癌，通常被认为具有局部侵袭性，并伴有不同的转移率。一只13岁的雄性拉萨犬因左侧扁桃体出现异常肿块和舌下有异常肿块被转诊至诊所。该犬的食物和水摄入量、呼吸和心率、体温、毛细血管再充盈时间以及血液检查均正常。对异常组织进行了活检并进行了免疫组织化学分析。组织病理学和免疫组织化学评估证实为基底样鳞状细胞癌。一些治疗方法，如手术、放疗和化疗，用于治疗身体的特定肿瘤或部位。然而，在这个特殊病例中，未进行化疗。考虑到患有扁桃体癌的犬预后通常较差至谨慎，预期寿命较短，由于肿瘤显著增大，在主人同意后，该病例在一年后实施了安乐死。
