Maxillary neoplasms in four dromedary camels

Abdelazim Ibrahim; Mohamed Zabady; Ayman El Nahas; Ahmed Aljazzar; Fahad Al-Hizab; Mahmoud Kandeel; Brian F Porter

doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1153398

Maxillary neoplasms in four dromedary camels

Front Vet Sci. 2023 Jun 28:10:1153398. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1153398. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Abdelazim Ibrahim^{1

2}, Mohamed Zabady³, Ayman El Nahas³, Ahmed Aljazzar¹, Fahad Al-Hizab¹, Mahmoud Kandeel^{4

5}, Brian F Porter⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
³ Department of Clinical Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelshikh University, Kafrelshikh, Egypt.
⁶ Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.

Abstract

Four camels (Camelus dromedarius) presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at King Faisal University with maxillary masses. On radiographs, the masses were multicystic and expanded the maxillary bone. The tumors were diagnosed by histopathologic examination as conventional ameloblastoma, two cases as intraosseous squamous cell carcinoma, and central odontogenic fibroma with ossification. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of ameloblastoma in a camel, the first detailed description of maxillary squamous cell carcinoma in camels, and the first report of central odontogenic fibroma in any animal species.

Keywords: ameloblastoma; dromedary camel; maxilla; odontogenic fibroma; odontogenic tumor; squamous cell carcinoma.