1Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Gnayru Veterinary Dispensary, Ponneri Division
2Graduate Assistant, Resident Veterinary Services
Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College (MVC), Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Chennai-600007, Hebbal
*Veterinary Surgeon, Pasteur Pets Clinic, Chennai and Corresponding author: E-mail: alipetdoctor@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017.
A four and a half months old female pup with history of dysphagia and severe myoclonus of muscles of head and face previously diagnosed with canine distemper was presented with bilateral soft tissue swelling on ventromedial aspect of tongue adjacent to frenulum with occassional bleeding from mass. Physical examination revealed ulcerated and haemorrhagic soft tissue swelling. The mass was surgically removed and histopathology confirmed it as granulation tissue.
Canine distemper, dysphagia, granulation tissue, myoclonus