Descrição radiográfica de tumor venéreo transmissível intranasal em cão : relato de caso

Abstract

Transmissible venereal tumor (TVT) is a contagious, sexually transmitted disease that occurs in domestic canines by the transmission of viable neoplastic cells from one animal to the other. For that reason, most of the diseases’ manifestation occur on the genitals. However, since the tumor can also be transmitted by licking or sniffing, lesions can also develop on extra-genital sites as skin, mouth, and nasal cavity. Although radiographic evaluation can be useful in cases of nasal TVT, radiographic signs of osteolysis and destruction of nasal turbinate, nasal septum and maxilla can be observed in other types of neoplasms or fungal infections. This study was conducted with the aim of finding clinical and radiographic evidence to diagnose this neoplasm and differentiate it from other nasal diseases that affect domestic canines.