title: Glomangioma in the prepuce of a dog.
abstract: A case of preputial glomangioma in an 8-year-old Springer Spaniel dog is reported. The dog presented a solitary nodular mass, approximately 3.5 x 5.2 cm in diameter, located on the lateral wall of the prepuce at the base of the penis. Histologically, the excised tumour mass consisted of proliferating round epithelioid cells arranged in a cordon-like structure around small blood vessels. The neoplastic cells were positive for alpha smooth muscle actin and negative for cytokeratin, desmin, S-100 protein and neurone-specific enolase. Based on these pathologic features, the tumour was diagnosed as glomangioma, a neoplasm extremely rare in dogs. To our knowledge, this is the first report of preputial glomangioma in the dog.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Sezione di Patologia Generale e Anatomia Patologica, Universita degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galofaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rapisarda
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iannelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*