A case of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma with pulmonary metastases in a dog is reported. Although three attempts of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy failed to provide definitive tumor diagnosis, results of angiography strongly indicated a soft-tissue sarcoma. Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) using particles of gelatin sponge was performed following selective angiography. The mass was decreased in size on reevaluation 2 weeks after embolization. The dog was euthanized on the request of the owners due to overall failing health. Necropsy and pathological study confirmed the diagnosis of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma with pulmonary metastases. In a review of the literature, angiographic findings of soft-tissue sarcoma in the dog of this report were similar to those in human beings, suggesting a potential role for angiography in the differential diagnosis of suspect soft-tissue fibrosarcomas and for guiding FNA or surgical biopsy. Previous reports have also shown therapeutic embolization to be an effective treatment both in experimental animal study and in clinical practice in the human; therefore, TAE could be an effective adjunctive treatment of soft-tissue fibrosarcoma in the dog.
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September 01 2002
Angiographic Study and Therapeutic Embolization of Soft-Tissue Fibrosarcoma in a Dog: Case Report and Literature
Fei Sun, MD;
Fei Sun, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Javier Hernández, MD, PhD;
Javier Hernández, MD, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Javier Ezquerra, DVM, PhD;
Javier Ezquerra, DVM, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Esther Durán, DVM, PhD;
Esther Durán, DVM, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Luis-Fernando Pineda, MD;
Luis-Fernando Pineda, MD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Carmen De Miguel, MD, PhD;
Carmen De Miguel, MD, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Verónica Crisóstomo, DVM;
Verónica Crisóstomo, DVM
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Jesús Usón, DVM, PhD;
Jesús Usón, DVM, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Manuel Maynar, MD, PhD
Manuel Maynar, MD, PhD
Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre (Sun, Hernández, Pineda, De Miguel, Crisóstomo, Usón, Maynar) and the
Department of Animal Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ezquerra, Durán), University of Extremadura,10071 Cáceres, Spain; and the
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine (Maynar), Las Palmas University, 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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J Am Anim Hosp Assoc (2002) 38 (5): 452–457.
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Fei Sun, Javier Hernández, Javier Ezquerra, Esther Durán, Luis-Fernando Pineda, Carmen De Miguel, Verónica Crisóstomo, Jesús Usón, Manuel Maynar; Angiographic Study and Therapeutic Embolization of Soft-Tissue Fibrosarcoma in a Dog: Case Report and Literature. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 1 September 2002; 38 (5): 452–457. doi: https://doi.org/10.5326/0380452
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