MAXILLARY CENTRAL GIANT-CELL GRANULOMA IN A DOG

A young labrador dog had a rapidly enlarging osteolytic lesion of the left maxillary bone. The histological diagnosis was central giant cell granuloma. This is a benign, non-neoplastic lesion that has some radi ographic and histological similarities to malignant bone tumours of th is region. The importance of biopsy in making the diagnosis is emphasi sed because surgical treatment of central giant cell granuloma by rese ction or curettage usually resolves these lesions.