Occurrence of carotid body chemodectomas in dog

Authors

  • Tatiane Furtado de Carvalho
  • Humberto Eustáquio Coelho
  • Flavia Maria  Esteves Machado
  • Hélio Alberto
  • Carla Cunha Locce
  • Karina Danielle Cobo Silva
  • Claúdio Henrique Gonçalves Barbosa
  • Aline Oliveira Coelho Magalhães

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n31.1202

Keywords:

chemodectoma, carotid body, dog, neoplasms

Abstract

Chemodectomas are malignant or benign neoplasms of chemoreceptor cells, which are commonly located in the base of the dog’s heart. This paper reports a case of chemodectoma in an 11 years old male dog of Fila Brasileiro breed, in Uberaba city. The animal has a frequent cough, dyspnea and members edema. Carotid body chemodectoma was diagnosed on lung areas, liver, spleen and pancreas metastases. The chemodectoma causes still unknown, but most of affected animals, has a chronic respiratory disease, associated with the neoplasms.

Published

2015-09-16

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

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