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Research Paper | Veterinary Sciences | India | Volume 7 Issue 8, August 2018

Surgical Correction of Extensively Large Mammary Tumor in Mouse: A Case Report

Dr. Amol Yamgar | Dr. D. U. Lokhande | Dr. G. U. Yadav | Dr. Dakhane Prajyot S.

Abstract: A case in a mouse with the history of soft tissue mass at side of inner left thigh region was reported to the Bai Sakrabai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animal, affiliated to Bombay Veterinary College, Mumbai. On thorough clinical examination, it was revealed that extensive swelling was not responding to the primary medicinal treatment since last two months. On palpation the swelling was hard, painless and progressively increase in size over a period of time. The growth was removed surgically under general anaesthesia with ketamine and maintenance by 3 % isoflurane through inhalation route. The skin sutures were removed on 12th post operative day after uneventful recover. The histopathological examination, revealed fibroma of mammary gland.

Keywords: Mice, Mammary Tumor, Fibroma

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 8, August 2018,

Pages: 576 - 577