Oncology

Figure 2. Verrucose sarcoid lesion at the medial canthus.

Managing periocular sarcoids

Sharp surgical excision is commonly accepted to be an inappropriate sole treatment for the vast majority of sarcoids in any location, because of the propensity for this to lead to aggressive...

Figure 1. Removal of a nodular sarcoid between the forelimbs, under standing sedation and local anaesthesia using a diode laser. The skin is placed under tension using Lane tissue forceps.

Surgical management of sarcoids

Traditionally, surgical removal of sarcoids has had a very poor success rate with local recurrence rates of 72% being reported (McConahy et al, 1994). The main reason for such a poor outcome with...

Figure 3. a. Fibroblastic and coalescing nodular sarcoid lesions on the face of a young horse. b. The same lesions, 24 hours after intra-lesional injection with tigilanol tiglate, showing the rapid development of haemorrhagic necrosis associated with the treatment

An update on the treatment of cutaneous tumours

Benign neglect is most commonly employed with small occult or verrucose lesions. However, benign neglect may be a misnomer, as withholding treatment is not always a benign procedure. In a series of 42...

Figure 1. A horse with ventral oedema of the abdomen.

Equine lymphoma: a review

Lymphoma displays no explicit age bias and cases have been reported in fetuses (Haley and Spraker, 1983) through to geriatrics. However, specific forms of the disease have been anecdotally reported to...