Pre-Operative Cytology- An Effective Tool in the Diagnosis of Malignant  Canine Mammary Tumours

Sukhmanpuneet Kaur; Kuldip Gupta; Neeraj Kashyap; Naresh Kumar Sood; Amarjit Singh

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20180908060251

Authors

Sukhmanpuneet Kaur Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA
Kuldip Gupta Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA
Neeraj Kashyap Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA
Naresh Kumar Sood Department of Teaching Veterinary Clinical Complex, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA
Amarjit Singh Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20180908060251

Keywords:

CMT, Correlation, Cytology, Grade, Histopathology, Stage

Abstract

The present study was conducted on 24 cases of canine mammary tumour (CMT) to evaluate cytology
versus histopathology in its diagnosis. During surgical intervention samples were taken for cytology and
histopathology by using FNAB and excisional biopsy respectively. The tumours were also sub-classified
and graded on the basis of histopathology. On the basis of cytology all the tumours were found to be
malignant which was confirmed by histopathology. A comparison of cytology and histopathology revealed
a cent-percent positive correlation in detecting malignancy and tumour sub-type. However, there was poor
correlation between cytology and histopathology in predicting the grade and stage of malignancy.