Recurrent Adamantinoma in a Dog
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2012-04
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Indian Veterinary Journal
Abstract
Acanthomatous epulis is a tumor arising from the periodontal ligament - the structure that holds the tooth in the jaw bone (Moulton, 1990). Acanthomatous epulis is now called canine peripheral ameloblastoma or canine acanthomatous ameloblastome. Oral adamantinomas do not metastasize but are invasive and can grow large very quickly and sometimes recur as tumors of the gums of the dog and cats. They are aggressive and invade local tissues including bones. Most of the literature was on fibrous epulis (Kirthiga et al., 2003) and ossifying epulis (Sivaseelan et al., 2008) and not the acanthomatous type of epulis in a dog.