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Epistaxis and persistent sneezing in a Labrador Retriever dog with poorly differentiated invasive nasal squamous cell carcinoma
G. E. Georgen, G. Arun, K.S. Prasanna, V. Reji and M. Ashlin
doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.4.760-763
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2022.53(4):760-763.
Author Details
G. E. Georgen : Veterinary Graduate Scholar, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur – 680651. Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, India
G. Arun : AAssistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence , College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala
K.S. Prasanna : Associate Professor,Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Kerala Veterinary And Animal Sciences University, Lakkidi, P.O., Wayanad District-673576 Kerala, India
V. Reji : Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, Wayanad Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala
M. Ashlin : Post graduate, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala
Article History
Received: 18.06.2022, Accepted: 22.08.2022, Published online: 31.12.2022
Corresponding author: G. Arun
e-mail : arun@kvasu.ac.in
Citation: Georgen, G.E., Arun, G., Prasanna, K.S., Reji, V. and Ashlin, M. 2022. Epistaxis and persistent sneezing in a Labrador Retriever dog with poorly differentiated invasive nasal squamous cell carcinoma. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 53(4): 760-763
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.4.760-763
Abstract
A Labrador Retriever was presented to University Veterinary Hospital, Kokkala with the complaint of nasal bleeding and sneezing for the last one month. Occasional left-unilateral epistaxis, persistent sneezing and facial swelling were the characteristic clinical features. Radiograph revealed mild rarefaction of bones at the cranial tip of maxilla. Biopsy and histopathology revealed pleomorphic squamous epithelial cells with feeble intercellular bridges, poor keratinization, prominent nucleoli and mitotic figures. This article reports a case of invasive nasal squamous cell carcinoma in a dog with epistaxis, persistent sneezing and facial swelling.
Keywords: Dog, epistaxis, sneezing, invasive nasal squamous cell carcinoma
