Pelvic osteosarcoma ressection in a bitch: case report

Abstract

An osteosarcoma involving the pelvis was diagnosed in a 9-year-old neutered Labrador bitch. The clinical signs manifested by the patient before surgical removal of the tumor included urinary difficulty, dyschezia, and inconstant non-weight-bearing on the hindlimbs. These signs were linked to the localization of the tumor, which was identified as a firm and painful mass of the size of an orange in the caudal abdomen. The favorable short term clinical results after surgery and carboplatin chemotherapy showed that the association of these approaches can be employed to manage discomfort inflicted by tumor and, therefore improve the quality of life of patient of bone cancer.

Retrospective Study of 33 Dogs Diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (OSA) by Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology (FNAC) at FMVZ Vet Hospital, UNESP-Botucatu, SP

“…These results concur with those found for others authors when referred to axial OSA incidence from 2% to 5% among ill dogs. In all, locations commonly affected are jaw (27%), jaw (22%), spine (15%), skull (14%), ribs (10%), nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses (9%), and pelvis (6%), respectively [8,31,35,36].…”