Clinical outcomes of thyroid tumors in dogs
Fourteen cases of canine thyroid tumours with concurrent mesenchymal and epithelial neoplastic were evaluated. Histopathologic samples and reports were collected from 10/14 dogs and reviewed by a single board-certified anatomic pathologist.
All 14 dogs had surgery to remove the thyroid neoplasm with the most common performed being a unilateral thyroidectomy (10/14 dogs). Systemic therapy was administered in eight dogs post operatively.
Six dogs developed local recurrence with a median time of 53 days.
Ten dogs developed metastatic disease with the most common metastatic site being the lungs, with a median time to metastasis of 93 days.
Ten dogs were euthanised due to progression of their mixed thyroid neoplasm.
The median survival time for dogs treated with adjuvant therapy was 189 days while those without adjuvant therapy had a median survival time of 156 days.
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