Thymic carcinosarcoma with melanocytic differentiation in a dog.

Valentine Pollet, Pierre P Picavet, Marianne Heimann, Annick Hamaide

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Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Valentine PolletCompanion Animal Clinical Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Pl. du Vingt Aoút 7, 4000 Liège, Belgium (Pollet, Picavet, Hamaide); Laboratory Anapet SPRL, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium (Heimann).

Pierre P PicavetCompanion Animal Clinical Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Pl. du Vingt Aoút 7, 4000 Liège, Belgium (Pollet, Picavet, Hamaide); Laboratory Anapet SPRL, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium (Heimann).

Marianne HeimannCompanion Animal Clinical Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Pl. du Vingt Aoút 7, 4000 Liège, Belgium (Pollet, Picavet, Hamaide); Laboratory Anapet SPRL, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium (Heimann).

Annick HamaideCompanion Animal Clinical Department, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Pl. du Vingt Aoút 7, 4000 Liège, Belgium (Pollet, Picavet, Hamaide); Laboratory Anapet SPRL, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium (Heimann).

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Abstract

Carcinosarcomas are very rare tumors in dogs. Although carcinosarcomas with melanocytic differentiation arising from organs other than the thymus have been described in humans, this type of tumor has not been reported in dogs in any part of the body. We observed such a tumor in the cranial mediastinum of an 11-year-old spayed female dachshund. The dog was admitted to the clinic because of coughing, sporadic regurgitation, and dyspnea. Thoracic ultrasonography and computed tomography revealed a large mediastinal mass that was surgically removed

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CarcinosarcomaDog DiseasesThymus NeoplasmsAnimalsDogsFatal OutcomeFemaleMelanocytes

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PMCPMC11195504

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