Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence, Madras Veterinary College, Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai – 600007 (Tamil Nadu)
*Corresponding author E-mail: chandrasekarvet@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 September, 2014.
A seven year old intact male dog was presented with intermittent epistaxis from left nostrils, mild maxilla swelling, frequent sneezing, dull and anorexia since two months. Palpation revealed hard swelling of left maxilla. Survey radiography of maxilla and thorax lateral showed osteolytic changes and no metastasis. Biopsy confirmed maxilla osteosarcoma. The animal was administered Cisplatin 70mg/m2 and complete tumor regression was recorded after three weeks.
Cisplatin, dogmaxillary, osteosarcoma