Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of anal region in a dog Kokila S.2, Veena P.2, Kumar R.V. Suresh2, Sankar P.2, Dhanalakshmi N.2, Srilatha Ch.2,1,*, Selvaraj R.2 2Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati (A.P) 1department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati (A.P) *Corresponding author: email: chsrilatha65@yahoo.com
Abstract Lemon sized growth was noticed in the right side of the anal opening in a 10 year old mongrel dog. The fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed polygonal cluster of cells with multiple nucleoli. Histopathological examination revealed islands of tumor cells separated by vascularized connective tissue stroma. Based on the gross and histopathological observations, the tumor was diagnosed as hepatoid adenocarcinoma. Top Keywords Anal tumor, Dog, Hepatoid adenocarcinoma. Top |