Publicación:

Reporte de caso de un carcinoma pancreático en una hembra canina en el Centro Médico Quirúrgico Veterinario de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia

Resumen

Patient sex female age 13 entering medical consultation Surgical Veterinary Medical Center of the Cooperative University of Colombia which is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and respiratory clinical presentation associated secondary metastatic tumor, initially suggested bacterial respiratory disease since no clear signs indicating primary pancreatic condition. The diagnosis was made by autopsy technique to identify the true cause of disease, but there was a considerable increase of the pancreas, with proliferation and metastatic nodular lesions along the trachea and that compromised lung lobes, secondary ventricular cardiac hypertrophy and congestion vein, the histopathological studies leading to a diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma.