Article
Cytologic analysis of the mammary papillar discharge in a canine micropapillary carcinoma
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CASSALI, G. D. et al. Cytologic analysis of the mammary papillar discharge in a canine micropapillary carcinoma. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, v. 44, n. 3, p. 448–451, 2015.
0275-6382
10.1111/vcp.12269
Autor
Cassali, Geovanni Dantas
Monteiro, Lidianne Narducci
Gamba, Conrado de Oliveira
Damasceno, Karine Araújo
Campos, Cecília Bonolo de
Salgado, Breno Souza
Resumen
Damasceno, Karine Araújo “Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta à informação no documento”. Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient ıfico e Tecnol ogico (CNPq), and Coordenação de Aperfeic oamento de Pessoal de N ıvel Superior (CAPES), Brazil. This is a report on the cytologic analysis of the mammary papillar discharge in a 7-year-old female Doberman dog with an invasive micropapillary carcinoma. Cytologic evaluation of nipple discharge is a well-known method for the rapid diagnosis of breast cancer in women. However, there is no previous report regarding the use of this technique for assessing mammary tumors in dogs. The aim of this study was to describe the use of mammary papillar discharge cytology for diagnosing a micropapillary carcinoma in a dog. Cytologically, evaluation of the papillar discharge revealed cells arranged in clusters in a papillary pattern or in a morula-like arrangement, suggesting the diagnosis of a micropapillary carcinoma, which was subsequently confirmed by histopathology. Thus, mammary papillar discharge cytology should be considered as an ancillary method for evaluating mammary diseases in dogs.