Simultaneous aortic body tumor and pulmonary histiocytic sarcoma in a flat-coated retriever

J Vet Med Sci. 2009 Sep;71(9):1221-3. doi: 10.1292/jvms.71.1221.

Abstract

A case of multiple primary tumors observed in the heart base and in the lung of a 7-year-old intact female, flat-coated retriever was reported. Morphological differences between both tumors and detailed immunohistochemical study revealed that the cardiac neoplasm was as a malignant aortic body tumor and the lung tumor was a pulmonary histiocytic sarcoma. The occurrence of aortic body tumor with other primary neoplasms has been previously reported in animals suggesting that this might be a common presentation in dogs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aortic Bodies / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Heart Neoplasms / pathology
  • Heart Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Histiocytic Sarcoma / pathology
  • Histiocytic Sarcoma / veterinary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Lung Neoplasms / veterinary*