INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue: 2

Surgical Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of External Ear in a Dog

  • Author:
  • Siddhartha Savale, K.S. Kamalesh Kumar1, Basavaraj 2
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 324 to 325

1Post Graduate Scholar, Pet Clinic, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

2Veterinary Surgeon, Pet Clinic, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, Extension Education College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Pookode, Wayanad-673576, Kerala

*Post Graduate Scholar and Corresponding author: E-mail: drsid1048@gmail.com

Online published on 26 July, 2017.

Abstract

A male Pomeranian dog was presented with history of tumor like mass developing in left ear since last one year. Physical examination revealed mass measured 1.5 centimetre in diameter. Fine needle aspiration cytology revealed absence of cyst, abscess and haematoma. Under general anaesthesia, surgical correction was resorted to. The tumor mass was excised by making an elliptical incision at the base of the mass and bleeding was arrested by using electrocautery. Histologically tumor was identified as squamous cell carcinoma involving external ear. Routine post-operative therapy was given and animal had an uneventful recovery.

Keywords

Dog, external ear, squamous cell carcinoma