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==Introduction==

 

==Description==

Oesophageal neoplasia is very rare, accounting for less than 0.5% of all neoplasia in dogs.  It has a higher incidence in the areas where ''Spirocerca lupi'', a [[Helminths|helminth parasite]], is endemic in Africa and the south-eastern USA.  The most commonly reported forms of neoplasm are:

Oesophageal neoplasia is very rare, accounting for less than 0.5% of all neoplasia in dogs.  It has a higher incidence in the areas where ''Spirocerca lupi'', a [[Helminths|helminth parasite]], is endemic in Africa and the south-eastern USA.  The most commonly reported forms of neoplasm are:

*'''Squamous cell carcinoma''' - usually apparent as an annualar thickening in the middle third of the oesophagus, anterior to the heart base.

*'''Squamous cell carcinoma''' - usually apparent as an annualar thickening in the middle third of the oesophagus, anterior to the heart base.

==References==

==References==

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* Morris J, Dobson J (2001) Gastrointestinal Tract, in Small Animal Oncology, Blackwell Science, pp 125-127

* Morris J, Dobson J (2001) '''Gastrointestinal Tract, in Small Animal Oncology,'''' Blackwell Science,'' pp 125-127

* Liptak J. M, Withrow S.J, (2007), Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract, in Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology, fourth edition, Eds Withrow S.J, Vail D.M, Missouri, Saunders Elsevier, pp 477-478

* Liptak J. M, Withrow S.J, (2007),''' Cancer of the Gastrointestinal Tract, in Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology,''' fourth edition, Eds Withrow S.J, Vail D.M, Missouri, ''Saunders Elsevier'', pp 477-478

 

 

[[Category:Oesophagus_-_Pathology]]

[[Category:Oesophagus_-_Pathology]]

[[Category:Neoplasia]]

[[Category:Neoplasia]]

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