Diagnosis of Nasal Adenocarcinoma in a Goat Amaravathi M.*, Srilatha Ch., Professor & University Head, Kishore J. Chaitanya1 Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Tirupati-517502, (Andhra Pradesh) 1Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, ADDL, Nellore *Ph. D. Scholar and Corresponding author: E-mail: ammu.nihal@gmail.com
Online published on 26 July, 2017. Abstract A goat was presented with history of mucopurulent nasal discharge, dyspnoea with audible rales and open mouth breathing. Grossly, there was unilateral right facial swelling with tumorous masses in each nasal cavity with severe necrosis, presence of maggots and distortion of nasal bones. Cytological smears revealed large pleomorphic cluster of round to polygonal epithelial cells and neutrophils. Microscopically, neoplastic cells infiltration with large round nuclei were observed. Cytopathology and histopathology confirmed nasal adenocarcinoma. Top Keywords Cytopathology, goat, nasal adenocarcinoma. Top |