Vol. 10, Issue 11, Part D (2025)

Author(s): S Subapriya, S Ramesh, K Jeyaraja and S Kavitha

Abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) was diagnosed in three dogs based on cytological examination of samples from tumour suspected renal masses. All three cases were diagnosed from samples collected from right kidney. In breed, sex and age wise occurrence, two cases were recorded in German shepherd breed and one case was recorded in Labrador breed, two cases were recorded in male dogs and a lone case was recorded in female dog and age of tumour affected dogs ranged between 1 to 7 years. Cytologic examination revealed sheets of round to polyhedral neoplastic cells without clear cytoplasmic outlines, round to oval nuclei containing single, prominent nucleoli to inconspicuous nucleoli and basophilic cytoplasm containing small to medium sized clear vacuoles. Anaemia, polycythaemia, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis, thrombocytopenia, elevated BUN and hypoalbuminaemia were the haematobiochemical changes recorded in the tumour affected dogs.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2025.v10.i11d.2727