<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A two-year old Jack Russell Terrier female with left-sided epistaxis was brought to the Clinic of the Bucharest Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Endoscopy of the left nasal cavity revealed a cauliflower-like mass. Cytological and histopathological features were specific to canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT). Tumor tissue showed positive immunoreactivity to anti-vimentin monoclonal antibody (90%) and Ki67 (35%) and samples were negative for anti-cytokeratin monoclonal antibody. Chemotherapy with vincristine sulphate at a dose of 0.025 mg/kg i.v./week for 6 administrations was successful. This paper presents a primary form of nasal CTVT in a Jack Russell Terrier female.</p></abstract>

A two-year old Jack Russell Terrier female with left-sided epistaxis was brought to the Clinic of the Bucharest Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Endoscopy of the left nasal cavity revealed a cauliflower-like mass. Cytological and histopathological features were specific to canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT). Tumor tissue showed positive immunoreactivity to anti-vimentin monoclonal antibody (90%) and Ki67 (35%) and samples were negative for anti-cytokeratin monoclonal antibody. Chemotherapy with vincristine sulphate at a dose of 0.025 mg/kg i.v./week for 6 administrations was successful. This paper presents a primary form of nasal CTVT in a Jack Russell Terrier female.

Nasal Transmissible Venereal Tumor In A Jack Russel Terrier Bitch

University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

National Institute for Research and Development in Pathology and Biomedical Sciences Victor Babes, Bucharest, Romania

Acta Veterinaria

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NAZALNI TRANSMISIVNI VENERIČNI TUMOR KOD KUJE RASE JACK RUSSEL

A two-year old Jack Russell Terrier female with left-sided epistaxis was brought to the Clinic of the Bucharest Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Endoscopy of...

Nasal Transmissible Venereal Tumor In A Jack Russel Terrier Bitch

Published Online: Mar 20, 2015

Page range: 143 - 148

Received: Apr 16, 2014

Accepted: Dec 26, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2015-0012

Keywords
canine transmissible venereal tumor, complex diagnosis, nasal localisation

© FEGHIU Adrian, CRÎNGANU Dan, DUMITRESCU Florin, PASCAL Manuela, VASILESCU Florina, MILITARU Manuella

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Nasal Transmissible Venereal Tumor In A Jack Russel Terrier Bitch

Published Online: Mar 20, 2015

Page range: 143 - 148

Received: Apr 16, 2014

Accepted: Dec 26, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2015-0012

Keywordscanine transmissible venereal tumor, complex diagnosis, nasal localisation

© FEGHIU Adrian, CRÎNGANU Dan, DUMITRESCU Florin, PASCAL Manuela, VASILESCU Florina, MILITARU Manuella

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
canine transmissible venereal tumor, complex diagnosis, nasal localisation