IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-THE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE OF A GIANT CELL TUMOR AFFECTING THE MANDIBLE IN A PYGMY GOAT. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A 3-year-old male neutered pygmy goat presented for evaluation of a progressive mandibular swelling and inappetence. A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the head and thorax was performed under general anesthesia. Computed tomography revealed an extensive multiloculated, markedly expansile lesion within the right hemimandible, which involved the articular surface of the temporomandibular joint. The goat was euthanased due to a poor prognosis and postmortem examination confirmed the diagnostic imaging findings. Histopathology was strongly suggestive of a multinucleated giant cell tumor, therefore this condition should be considered as a differential diagnosis in goats presenting with expansile mandibular mass lesions.

published proceedings

  • Vet Radiol Ultrasound

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Dixon, J., Weller, R., Jeckel, S., Pool, R., & Mcsloy, A.

citation count

  • 3

complete list of authors

  • Dixon, Jonathon||Weller, Renate||Jeckel, Sonja||Pool, Roy||Mcsloy, Alex

publication date

  • September 2016

publisher