Veterinaria (Mar 2013)

COMBINED CANINE HEPATOCELLULAR AND CHOLAGIOCELLULAR CARCINOMA: A CASE STUDY

  • Amir Zahirović,
  • Agnesa Ćoralić,
  • Dženita Hadžijunuzović-Alagić,
  • Hajrudin Beširović,
  • Selma Filipović,
  • Tijana Jović

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 1-2
pp. 93 – 97

Abstract

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A case of combined hepatocellular and cholangiocelular carcinoma was diagnosed in a 9 year old male Rottweiler. Clinical examination pointed out possible neoplastic changes in the liver. By histopathological examination of liver tissue an extremly rare case of combined primary canine liver carcinoma, histologicaly composed of hepatocellular and cholangiocellular components, was diagnosed. This primary hepatic tumor is extremely rare in dogs.Key words: canine, hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocellular carcinoma