title: Comparison of standard radiography and computed tomography in 21 dogs with maxillary masses.
abstract: Imaging of patients with oral cancer is required to determine tumor extension in order to assist in prognosis and surgical planning. Conventional screen-film radiography (SFR) used to be the most common method for oral assessment, but computed tomography (CT) has become more available and is being used for obtaining complementary information. CT examinations eliminate superimposition by acquiring cross-sectional images of the region of interest. The objective of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of SFR compared with CT examinations for evaluation of oral masses in dogs. Twenty-one dogs received head and thorax SFR, and pre- and post-contrast head CT. Bony changes were observed in 80.9% and 95.2% of the cases in SFR and CT studies, respectively. Invasion of adjacent structures (i.e. nasal cavity, frontal and sphenoidal sinuses, orbit, maxillary recess, nasopharynx) was observed in only 30% of cases with SFR while CT showed 90.4% involvement. CT is an important preoperative examination modality and is more effective in identifying bone changes and tumor invasion of adjacent structures compared with SFR.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. carolghirelli@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Carolina O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Ghirelli
authors.forename: Lenin A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Villamizar
authors.forename: Ana Carolina B C Fonseca
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pinto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D003287:Contrast Media; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary*; D014962:X-Ray Film / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media