Cardiac Tumors in Dogs: 1982–1995

Abstract

A Veterinary Medical Database search from 1982 to 1995 identified 1,383 dogs with tumors of the heart from a total population of 729,265 dogs (0.19% incidence). Hemangiosarcoma (HSA) was the most common cardiac tumor identified. In the subset of dogs with specific histologic diagnoses, the number with HSA was almost 10-fold that of the 2nd most common tumor, aortic body tumor. Primary heart tumors were more common than cardiac metastases. When biologic behavior was noted, most heart tumors were classified as malignant. Cardiac tumors (excluding lymphoma) occurred most often in dogs between the ages of 7 and 15 years. In very old dogs (>15 years), the frequency of cardiac tumors was the same or lower than that of the youngest age group. Tumors occurred with similar frequency in males and females, but the relative risk for spayed females was >4 times that for intact females. For HSA, spayed females had >5 times greater relative risk than did intact females. The risk for castrated males was slightly greater than that for intact males, which had 2.4 times the relative risk of intact females. Thus, neutering appeared to increase the risk of cardiac tumor in both sexes. Intact females were least likely to develop a cardiac tumor, whereas spayed females were most likely to develop a tumor. Twelve breeds had greater than average risk of developing a cardiac tumor, whereas 17 had lower risk.

Linfoma cardíaco primário em cão

“…O tumor cardíaco primário de maior incidência nesta espécie é o hemangiossarcoma, seguido pelos tumores de base de coração como o quimiodectoma (WARE;HOPPER, 1999). Embora o linfoma seja uma neoplasia frequente em cães, raramente esta neoplasia acomete primariamente o coração (SIMS et al, 2003).…”

Prevalência, Aspectos Clínicos E Anatomopatológicos De Paraganglioma De Corpo Aórtico E Carotídeo Em Cães

“…Em estudos similares, estas observações variaram de 0,19% (WARE;HOPPER, 1999;MESQUITA et al, 2012) a 3,06% (MESQUITA et al, 2012). Dessa maneira, fica evidente que tais tumores não são comuns em cães (MESQUITA et al, 2012).…”

A literature review on the welfare implications of gonadectomy of dogs

“…The incidence of cardiac tumors in the total population was 0.19%. 93 Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor of dogs. 16,[94][95][96][97][98][99] Osteosarcoma is locally aggressive and frequently has early metastasis, most often to pulmonary structures.…”

“…6 Gonadectomy also is not a risk for the development of hemangiosarcoma in German Shepherd Dogs. 14 Cardiac hemangiosarcoma was specifically evaluated in a retrospective study 93 that included data from the VMDB. In that study, 93 gonadectomized males and females of various breeds had overall relative risks of 1.6 and 4.38, respectively, compared with that of their sexually intact counterparts.…”

“…14 Cardiac hemangiosarcoma was specifically evaluated in a retrospective study 93 that included data from the VMDB. In that study, 93 gonadectomized males and females of various breeds had overall relative risks of 1.6 and 4.38, respectively, compared with that of their sexually intact counterparts. The incidence of cardiac tumors in the total population was 0.19%.…”