DERMAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN GERIATRIC ROOSTER (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors

  • Kilder Dantas Filgueira UFERSA
  • Paulo Fernando Cisneiros da Costa Reis UFERSA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i3.2402

Keywords:

Animal oncology

Abstract

The squamous cell carcinoma is more common the malignant epithelial neoplasm of the domestic mammals, even so occurs descriptions in some species of birds. Between the gallinaceous, this tumor is uncommon and the affected animals are in the majority adult and aged. The cutaneous form corresponds most frequent in birds. The squamous cell carcinoma is highly invasive and of changeable malignancy, depending on its localization. The aim of the present study corresponded to the description of a case of dermal squamous cell carcinoma in geriatric rooster. A gallinaceous (Gallus gallus domesticus), male, 10 years of age, was presented with a cutaneous tumor, of gradual growth. The patient was submitted to the physical examination and front to the joined alterations was opted to the surgical debulking of the neoformation. The collected sample was submitted to the histopathological examination. Clinically was evidenced cutaneous tumor, with crusts, inexact limits and tack to adjacent tissues. The same it was located in the distal part of the left hindlimb. The histopathological examination disclosed a compatible morphologic picture with dermal squamous cell carcinoma, moderately differentiated and infiltrate. Three months of after the surgery, signal of return of the neoplasm was observed.

KEY WORDS: Cutaneous neoplasm, gallinaceous, squamous cell carcinoma.

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Author Biographies

Kilder Dantas Filgueira, UFERSA

Hospital Veterinário “Dr. Jerônimo Dix-Huit Rosado”, UFERSA, BR 110, km 47, Costa e Silva, CEP 59625-900, Mossoró, RN, Brasil.

Paulo Fernando Cisneiros da Costa Reis, UFERSA

Hospital Veterinário “Dr. Jerônimo Dix-Huit Rosado”, UFERSA, BR 110, km 47, Costa e Silva, CEP 59625-900, Mossoró, RN, Brasil.

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

FILGUEIRA, K. D.; DA COSTA REIS, P. F. C. DERMAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN GERIATRIC ROOSTER (Gallus gallus domesticus). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 3, p. 997–1001, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i3.2402. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/2402. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Case report

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