Mandibular squamous cell carcinoma in a 5‐year‐old Tennessee Walking Horse |
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| Authors: | P Loftin N Fowlkes C McCauley |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA;2. Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA;3. Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA |
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| Abstract: | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common neoplasm reported in the horse, but occurs rarely in the oral cavity. Clinical signs may be insidious in onset and mimic other non‐neoplastic processes, thus delaying appropriate treatment. Timely evaluation and advanced diagnostic imaging may offer the opportunity to initiate definitive treatment. This report describes a young gelding with mandibular SCC that was evaluated for mandibular swelling failing to respond to symptomatic therapy. |
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| Keywords: | horse squamous cell carcinoma mandible metastasis computed tomography |
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