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- Title
What is your diagnosis? Lingual mass in a dog.
- Authors
Chapman, Seth; Nabity, Mary; Calise, David
- Abstract
A 3.5-year-old female spayed Rat Terrier was presented for evaluation of a submucosal lingual mass. Fine-needle aspiration of the mass revealed a population of neoplastic cells composed predominantly of small, round cells and large, round to spindle-shaped cells, which occasionally had blunt cytoplasmic borders and multiple nuclei. The neoplastic cells had moderate to marked anisocytosis and anisokaryosis. The cytologic interpretation was malignant neoplasia, most likely sarcoma. Histopathologic examination of a biopsy specimen revealed an unencapsulated, poorly demarcated, moderately cellular neoplasm composed of individualized, infiltrative spindle cells. Elongate skeletal muscle cells with prominent, rectangular borders (strap cells) were observed. A morphologic diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma was made. Staining with phosphotungstic acid–hematoxylin revealed haphazardly arranged skeletal muscle cross-striations. Immunohistochemical staining results for vimentin, Myo D1, desmin, and myoglobin were positive, though staining intensity of tumor cells varied with the degree of differentiation. Using transmission electron microscopy, irregular, disorganized Z-bands were identified. Rhabdomyosarcomas are uncommon tumors in the dog, and rarely may involve the tongue or oral cavity. Cytologic evaluation of a rhabdomyosarcoma may reveal a pleomorphic population of cells and definitive diagnosis may require histologic examination, immunohistochemical staining, and electron microscopy.
- Subjects
VETERINARY diagnosis; DOG diseases; RAT terrier; NEEDLE biopsy; MUSCLE cells; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; VETERINARY clinical pathology; VETERINARY pathology
- Publication
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2008, Vol 37, Issue 1, p133
- ISSN
0275-6382
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00018.x