Canine Cancer: Nasal Chondrosarcoma

Description Nasal and paranasal sinus tumors account for only 1-2% of all canine tumors. But they approximately represent 60-80% of all canine respiratory tract tumors. Normally, nasal tumors occur in the nasal cavity with secondary extension into the frontal (they are air-filled cavities lying between the lamina of the frontal bone) and other paranasal sinuses (they are air-filled spaces,…

Canine Cancer: Chondrosarcoma

Description Chondrosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm accounting for 5%-10% of all primary bone tumors reported in dogs. When a primary chondrosarcoma originates within a bone organ (organs of the skeletal system) it is called central or medullary chondrosarcoma but when it develops in the periosteum (membrane lining the outer surface of all bones) it is known as peripheral chondrosarcoma.

The tumor…