Caso clínico: Neoplasia Maligna en cavidad nasal de felino.

Abstract

Chilindrina is an 8-year-old female feline, who enters the clinic due to a clinical picture that has been present for months, which has been previously treated in other veterinary clinics with medical treatment, which did not improve the patient. The drugs used in the other clinics have not been reported by the owner. When performing the clinical examination in the consultation, an inflammatory pattern is observed in the nasal cavity, where the shape and size of the patient's face are altered, she also has a serosanguineous secretion and presents alopecia in the area of the skin of the cavity nasal, breathing patterns such as crackles are also heard. Another sign that occurs is that the patient does not consume any food at will, it is determined to perform a radiological plate to establish with more certainty, the alterations present in the respiratory system, thus presenting radiolucent patterns and with slight pulmonary and inflammatory patterns. , and a FAP (Fine Needle Puncture), on the other hand a cytology is performed, which provided as a result a pleomorphism and anisokaryosis of the cells, indicating an alteration of the cells obtained from the sample; When exposing the results obtained in these diagnostic tests to the owners, it was decided to perform a Rhinotomy to extract the present mass of unknown origin. This is how the pre-surgical tests begin, such as: blood count and biochemistry; The sample obtained from this surgery was sent for a histopathological examination to have a diagnosis of the origin of this neoplasm, which provided relevant information to the diagnosis, closing the options of its condition among three possible malignant neoplasms, anaplastic nasal adenocarcinoma, nasal neuroendocrine carcinoma and olfactory neuroblastoma. To obtain a definitive diagnosis among these three neoplasms of malignant origin, an immunohistochemical study had to be carried out, which allows relating the cell type present in the sample; One month later, the patient returned to the veterinary clinic with the same clinical picture, although the immunohistochemical test was not performed, the histopathological test indicated that the neoplasm present in the patient could have recurrences invading part of the surrounding tissue, which effectively They manifested shortly after having performed the surgery, this being an unfavorable prognosis for the chilindrina patient.