title: Presumptive subcutaneous surgical transplantation of a urinary bladder transitional cell carcinoma in a dog.
abstract: A urinary bladder mass in a 12-year-old spayed female West Highland White Terrier was diagnosed after exploratory surgery and biopsy as a transitional cell carcinoma. Four months later the dog presented with an ulcerated plaque-like cutaneous lesion at the previous surgical incision site; concurrent inguinal lymphadenopathy and recurrence of the urinary bladder mass were identified. Transitional cell carcinoma was diagnosed at all 3 sites. Although a definitive relationship cannot be established between the initial surgery for urinary bladder mass and the resultant subcutaneous lesion, surgical implantation should be considered as a source for the neoplastic cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University Ithaca 14853.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Dunham
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000662:veterinary; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*