Medical management of soft tissue sarcoma in a male Labrador retriever

摘要

Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) refer to a class of malignant growth in the mesenchymal tissues. In the client-owned 10 year old male Labrador retriever dog Bonzo, a large mass in the palmaro-medial aspect of the right antebrachium was observed on presentation. After adequate preparation, the neoplastic mass was surgically excised, completely. The patho-histomorphological features, namely clearly discernible infiltrative neoplastic proliferation of spindle shaped cells arranged in interwoven streams and bundles supported on a fibrovascular/ fibromyxomatous matrix, average 7 mitotic figures/ 10 dry high power (400x) fields, anisocytosis and anisokaryosis of moderate intensity were interpreted as validated STS, Grade 2. Post-surgery follow up visits at theclinic revealed that the dog recovered well, and no signs of recurrence were observed over an extended period of three months. However, for further safeguard the patient was referred to clinical veterinary oncology diplomate for radiation therapy as perthe standard protocol.