| Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most primary bone tumor observed in dogs. It a malignant neoplasias that affects the bone formation being with aggressive clinical-histological behavior a fast growth and high metastatic potential. Is observed in middle aged or older dogs with large or giant breed and restricts to the metaphysis of long bones of appendicular skeleton. In routine there was a Scottish Terrier dog attended, male, ten years old, that arrived intermittent claudication of the left forelimb, sensitivity to palpation and edema of firm consistency in the cervicothoracic region, with no previous historic of fractures or trauma. The association of clinical signs with the radiographic cytological and histopathological aspects resulted in the definitive... |
