A descriptive review of cardiac tumours in dogs and cats.

摘要: Cardiac tumours are uncommon in the canine and feline population often an incidental finding. Common types include haemangiosarcoma (HSA), aortic body (chemodectoma paraganglioma) lymphoma. These neoplasms can cause mild to severe, life-threatening clinical signs that independent of histological type may be related altered cardiovascular function or local haemorrhage/effusion into pericardial space. require symptomatic treatment aimed at controlling tumour bleeding potential arrhythmias, other caused by mass effect. Additional options surgery, chemotherapy radiotherapy. For all medical therapies, complete remission is unlikely management, beyond adjunctive HSA, requires further investigation but combination recommended for The aim this report summarize critically appraise current literature a descriptive review. However, interpretation limited lack definitive diagnosis retrospective nature most studies.