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Cytologic features of a feline inductive odontogenic tumor |
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| Authors: | Ronaldo V. Leite‐Filho Nelson J. Tagliari Fabrizio Grandi Cláudio J. M. Laisse Daniel G. Gerardi Saulo P. Pavarini |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Veterinary Pathology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil;2. Department of Animal Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil;3. Department of Pathology, Botucatu Medical School, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil |
| Abstract: | The feline inductive odontogenic tumor (FIOT) is a rare entity among oral tumors in cats, the cytologic features of which are not well characterized but may prove useful. A fine‐needle aspiration biopsy was performed on the right mandible between the permanent canine (404) and permanent fourth premolar (408) of an 8‐month‐old female mongrel cat. Cytologic smears showed epithelial cells and occasional spindle cells with extracellular homogenous acidophilic material in a hematic background. The initial diagnosis of benign tumor was confirmed by histopathologic examination of the biopsy specimen. This report describes the cytologic findings in a case of FIOT. |
| Keywords: | Cat odontogenic cell oral tumor rostral maxilla |