tailieunhanh - Surgical excision of fibroma followed by elbow fold flap in a non-descriptive dog

A 13 year old, male, intact, non-descriptive dog weighing 23 kg was brought to Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital at small animal out patient surgery unit, with a history of progressive painful swelling at the left elbow joint. On clinical examination the mass was hard, irregularly contoured and the pet evinced mild pain on palpation. Fine needle aspiration cytology was performed to identify the nature of cells and to confirm the diagnosis which revealed Fibroma. Survey Radiograph of the left elbow region and the thorax were taken to rule out any bony involvement and metastasis if any. | Surgical excision of fibroma followed by elbow fold flap in a non-descriptive dog