INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Management of Lipoma in a Dog

  • Author:
  • Sidhartha Sankar Behera, Jayakrushna Das1, Monalisa Behera1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 21 to 22

1Department of Veterinary Pathology

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar -751003 (Odisha)

*Corresponding author E-mail: drsidharthavety2006@gmail.com

Online published on 4 September, 2014.

Abstract

A dalmatian dog was presented with complaint of soft swelling on ventro-lateral aspect of chest close to elbow joint. Fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed presence of oily material and fat cells. The tumourous mass was surgically removed and histopathological examination confirmed lipoma. The dog recovered uneventfully with no recurrence.

Keywords

Dog, lipoma, surgery