Daniele C de Oliveira Freitas, Fabrício G Melo, Natália de Melo Ocarino, Douglas M Abreu, Fabiana R Araújo, Rogéria Serakides
Neoplastic masses were evaluated in the rostral region of the mandible of three young adult cattle. In all three cases, the masses were macroscopically large, firm, ulcerated, infiltrative, whitish and solid, and led to tooth displacement and loss. Radiographically, the neoplastic masses were intraosseous and radiolucent with foci of radiopacity. Loss of radiopacity due to bone necrosis was seen in the mandibular bone adjacent to the neoplasms. Histologically, well-differentiated, infiltrative non-encapsulated mesenchymal neoplastic proliferation replaced the mandibular bone and extended to the oral mucosa in all three cases...
August 31, 2022: Journal of Comparative Pathology