Descrição dos carcinomas em células escamosas e adenocarcinomas na clínica de pequenos animais: aspectos clínicos, diagnósticos terapêuticos - revisão de literatura.

Abstract

This paper deals with the description of the squamous cell carcinoma and the most common adenocarcinomas seen in clinical routine small animals, as well as therapeutic protocols of choice employed in such pathologies treatments. Being the Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC), the malignancy of keratinocytes, the most likely cause is excessive exposure to common ultraviolet light in both dogs and cats, the most widely used protocols such cases are surgical removal, cryotherapy treatment in the region, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Adenocarcinoma is characterized by being a malignant neoplasm of the character of glandular tissue, cause not determined, and like most cancers is considered heredity and age advancement as crucial factors for its occurrence. Common in small animals can affect various organs and, therefore, there is no pathognomonic symptoms; in these cases the therapeutic protocols employed are surgical removal of the tumor which is normally associated with the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.