Hematological, cytomorphological and histopathological diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma in a male dog
P Preena, Sherin B Sarangom, Varsha Mary Mathai, Jeny K John, Ansar Fasaludeen, Hamza Palekkodan and CP Prasad
An 8-year-old male German Shepherd dog with a history of hematuria, pollakiuria, stranguria and loss of appetite was tentatively diagnosed with urinary bladder neoplasia following hematology, urinalysis, cytology, normal abdominal radiographs and negative urine culture & sensitivity results. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a mass in the urinary bladder with considerable wall thickening and lowered treatment response to combination of chemotherapy and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs viz., vincristine and piroxicam respectively. The case confirmed to be a high grade transitional cell carcinoma by histopathology following euthanasia due to the poor prognosis.
P Preena, Sherin B Sarangom, Varsha Mary Mathai, Jeny K John, Ansar Fasaludeen, Hamza Palekkodan, CP Prasad. Hematological, cytomorphological and histopathological diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma in a male dog. J Entomol Zool Stud 2020;8(4):1867-1871.