TOTAL LARYNGECTOMY AND PERMANENT TRACHEOSTOMY FOR TREATMENT OF LARYNGEAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA IN A DOG

An extensive, laryngeal tumor was identified in a nine-year-old, spaye d female, mixed-breed dog. Clinical staging of the tumor included comp uted tomography Six days prior to surgery, a percutaneous gastrostomy tube was placed under endoscopic guidance. Surgical treatment included total laryngectomy and permanent tracheostomy The histologic diagnosi s of the tumor was rhabdomyosarcoma. There were no major postoperative complications, and there have been no signs of local recurrence, meta static disease, or long-term complications associated with the surgica l procedure during an 18-month follow-up period.