Glomangioma in the Prepuce of a Dog |
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Authors: | V Galofaro G Rapisarda G Ferrara N Iannelli |
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Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy. |
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Abstract: | A case of preputial glomangioma in an 8-year-old Springer Spaniel dog is reported. The dog presented a solitary nodular mass, approximately 3.5 x 5.2 cm in diameter, located on the lateral wall of the prepuce at the base of the penis. Histologically, the excised tumour mass consisted of proliferating round epithelioid cells arranged in a cordon-like structure around small blood vessels. The neoplastic cells were positive for alpha smooth muscle actin and negative for cytokeratin, desmin, S-100 protein and neurone-specific enolase. Based on these pathologic features, the tumour was diagnosed as glomangioma, a neoplasm extremely rare in dogs. To our knowledge, this is the first report of preputial glomangioma in the dog. |
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