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Clinical and hematological follow-up of patients with canine mastocytoma submitted to chemotherapy and electrochemotherapy - Case report

Abstract: Mastocytoma is a round cell neoplasm often found in dogs, accounting for 7% to 21% of cutaneous neoplasms. This study aimed to report the clinical and hematological changes in a patient with canine mastocytoma when submitted to chemotherapy and electrochemotherapy. It was attended at the Metropolitan Veterinary Hospital (HVM) of Caucaia Ceará, a bitch without a defined breed presenting a cutaneous nodule in the right knee. Initial examinations were requested, where the cytologic diagnosis was suggestive of mastocytoma, in which the absence of metastasis was evidenced by the imaging tests. The female was referred for evaluation with an oncologist, who instituted as treatment the surgical removal of the nodule with the use of electrochemotherapy on the lateral and deep margins, still requiring a cutaneous graft. Histopathological analysis indicated grade II mastocytoma. After 32 days of the surgical procedure, the patient underwent the first chemotherapy session and with one week the patient follow-up examinations showed marked hematological alterations, also showing tiredness, dyspnea and hyporexia, resulting from pneumonia and the presence of free pleural fluid, whose cytological analysis revealed a pyogranulomatous inflammatory process. In the case of dogs with canine mastocytoma submitted to Revista Brasileira de Higiene e Sanidade Animal Brazilian Journal of Hygiene and Animal Sanity ISSN: 1981-2965