Oncology

Canine phaeochromocytoma: a guide to diagnosis and treatment

Clinical signs are primarily associated with excessive catecholamine secretion and, to a lesser extent, with the space-occupying or invasive nature of the tumour (Table 1). Clinical signs may be...

Understanding feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia

Surgical removal of the mass has been performed in most cases with feline gastrointestinal eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia. However, several studies have also reported medical management with...

Treating mast cell tumours in first opinion practice: is it time to put down the knife?

The standard surgical approach to treating mast cell tumours has been to excise wide 2-3 cm margins to the depth of one fascial plane (Blackwood et al, 2012; Selmic and Ruple, 2020; Saunders et al,...

Managing canine apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma

English Cocker Spaniels, Labradors and German Shepherds, followed by Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, were over-represented in a study of British dogs with AGASAC (Polton et al, 2006). Among those...

Canine pheochromocytoma: diagnosis and surgical management

Clinical signs associated with pheochromocytomas are secondary to the release of catecholamines, local infiltration and metastatic disease (Gilson et al, 1994b; Barthez et al, 1997). Catecholamine...

Presentation, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of primary gastric lymphoma in 13 cats

Evidence from human medicine suggests that primary gastric lymphoma should be considered a separate disease entity (Doglioni et al, 1992; Ferrucci and Zucca, 2006). The results of this study suggest...