THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CYTOPATOLOGICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS IN DOMESTIC CARNIVORES MAMMARY GLAND TUMORS

Abstract

The cytological examination of mammary tumors at domestic carnivores is considered useful by some researchers (with a precision of 90-100% from the establishment of malignity), while others consider that by aspiration with fine needle we cannot differentiate with certitude a benign tumor by a malign one (1, 2). Other researchers demonstrate that through the cytological examination of the mammary gland we can certainly differentiate an inflammatory process by a tumor one (4). The optimal interpretation of cytology depends very much of the access to the clinic data, of a knowledge of mammary lesions biology, of the adequate examination of the representative cells and by the experience in domain of the specialist doctor (1). In the present work we analyze comparatively the results obtained by cytological examination with those offered by the histological examination of the mammary tumors at the domestic carnivores. We followed in what measure the cytopathological diagnose (facile, rapid, cheap) can replace or complete the histopathological diagnosis.

Keywords

• cytological
• histo-pathological
• tumors
• carnivores