CANINE ORAL CAVITY TUMOURS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

REQUICHA J.F.¹, PIRES M.A.², ALBUQUERQUE C.M.³, VIEGAS C.A.^4
1Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, P.O. Box 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
²CECAV - Veterinary and Animal Science Research Centre, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, P.O. Box 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
³Department of Veterinary Sciences, School of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, P.O. Box 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
⁴3B's Research Group - Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, 4806-909 Caldas das Taipas, Guimarães, Portugal.

Received : 30-11-2013     Accepted : 25-02-2014     Published : 17-03-2014
Volume : 3     Issue : 1       Pages : 46 - 48
J Pathol Res 3.1 (2014):46-48

Conflict of Interest : None declared

Oral proliferative lesions are common in dogs. A retrospective study of 180 oral cavity tumours revealed 64.4% benign and 35.6% malignant neoplasias. Among the 116 benign tumours, were found epulides (92.2%), papillomas, fibromas and ameloblastoma. Within the 64 malignant ones, 50% were melanomas, followed by fibrosarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, lymphoma, histiocytoma and mast cell tumour. The incidence was higher in males, in 6 and 10-year-old animals and in mongrel dogs and Boxer.