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ACANTHOMATOUS AMELOBLASTOMA OF THE MAXILLA OF AN ADULT ALPACA |
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| Authors: | Lisa G Britt DVM MS John R Middleton DVM PhD Terri Tucker Warhover DVM John M Kreeger DVM PhD and Keith R Branson DVM MS |
| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, Clydesdale Hall 379 E. Campus Drive, Columbia, MO 65211, USA and;Pfizer Inc., Global Research and Development, Kalamazoo, MI, University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, Missouri |
| Abstract: | An adult alpaca presented with a large maxillary swelling. Facial trauma or a tooth root abscess was suspected. Radiographically there was a large expansile lesion displacing the right maxillary teeth. An ameloblastoma was diagnosed histologically and palliative radiation therapy was attempted. Because of poor response to therapy and anorexia the animal was euthanized. Necropsy findings confirmed an ameloblastoma of acanthomatous type. |
| Keywords: | odontogenic tumors ameloblastoma adamantinoma alpaca acanthomatous epulis |