title: Surgical and localized radiation therapy for an intranasal adenocarcinoma in a rabbit.
abstract: An 8-year-old spayed female Netherland Dwarf rabbit presented with a two-month history of dyspnea and snoring. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the head revealed mass lesions in the right nasal cavity. Surgical exenteration of the lesions was performed, and the histopathological diagnosis was an intranasal adenocarcinoma. On the basis of this diagnosis, radiotherapy was planned and consisted of eight fractions of 6 Gy administered once a week. After the completion of radiation therapy, the soft tissue density in the right nasal cavity, as detected by CT, significantly decreased. The prognosis has remained good for over 3 years after treatment. This paper is the first to describe the clinical and pathological features of an intranasal tumor in a rabbit.
authors: Miwa Exotic Animal Hospital, 1-25-5 Komagome, Toshima-ku, 170-0003 Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Makoto
authors: M
authors: Nakata
authors: Yasutsugu
authors: Y
authors: Miwa
authors: Masaya
authors: M
authors: Tsuboi
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D059747:Nasal Surgical Procedures / Q000662:veterinary*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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