Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to cardiac myxosarcoma in a dog

Authors

MERİÇ KOCATÜRK
HAKAN SALCI
MURAT BİÇER
AHMET AKKOÇ
SAİM SAĞ
ZEKİ YILMAZ

DOI

10.3906/vet-1512-52

Abstract

A 7-year-old Chow Pei was referred to an animal hospital for the evaluation of a 1-month history of abdominal distension and exercise intolerance. A systolic murmur was auscultated over the tricuspid valve (TV). Thoracic radiographs showed cardiomegaly, right atrial enlargement, and pulmonary edema. Electrocardiography revealed small QRS complexes and a right-bundle brunch block. Echocardiography also showed right atrial enlargement and tricuspid insufficiency due to the presence of a mass on the posterior leaflet of the TV. The mass was excised by intracardiac surgery and histological evaluation revealed myxosarcoma. This is a case report of a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to myxosarcoma of the TV in a dog.

Keywords

Cardiac myxosarcoma, tricuspid valve, dog

First Page

521

Last Page

525

Recommended Citation

KOCATÜRK, MERİÇ; SALCI, HAKAN; BİÇER, MURAT; AKKOÇ, AHMET; SAĞ, SAİM; and YILMAZ, ZEKİ (2016) "Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to cardiac myxosarcoma in a dog," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 40: No. 4, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1512-52
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol40/iss4/20