Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part G (2024)

Author(s): Mogal Roohi, N Gurunathan, Ramisetty Naga Sai Sravya, D Dayana Priyatharshini and N Arul Jothi

Abstract: A Seven-year-old cross bred jersey was presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, RIVER, with the history of progressively increasing growth on the right nostril for past 6 months. On clinical examination, hard congested mass was noticed in the nasal cavity with no pain evinced on palpation. Under sedation with inj.xylazine @ 0.1mg/kg b.wt. I/V and local analgesia with 2% Lignocaine hydrochloride the mass was removed using thermocautery (90 °C). Skin was apposed using black braided silk size ‘0’ in simple interrupted suture. Systemic antibiotic and anti-inflammatory were administered postoperatively. Skin sutures were removed on 10th day. On histopathological examination of mass confirmed the case as fibromyxoma. On 30th day postoperatively healing was noticed at the surgical site. Animal recovered uneventfully.