Epidemiological and histopathological analysis of 40 apocrine sweat gland carcinomas in dogs: a retrospective study

Abstract

Introduction: Apocrine sweat gland carcinomas (ASGCs) are malignant neoplasms of dogs and other animals, rarely reported worldwide. The aim of this study was to summarise the occurrence of this cancer in a population of dogs in Poland between 2009 and 2014 with regards to histological features and body location of the tumours, as well as age, sex and breed of the cancer-affected dogs.

Keywords

• dog
• apocrine sweat gland carcinoma
• epidemiology
• histopathological analysis