Journal of Animal Health and Production

Case Report
J. Anim. Health Prod. 7(4): 166-170
Http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.jahp/2019/7.4.166.170
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Azlan Che-Amat1*, Asinamai Athliamai Bitrus2, Faez Firdaus Abdullah Jesse1,3, Eric Lim Teik Chung3,4, S. Losheni1, Md Yusoff Sabri5, Muhamad Alif Zakaria6, Nur Asyikin Haron7, Azim Salahuddin Muhamad7, Syahirah Ahmad Affandi7, Yusuf Abba8, Innocent Damudu Peter9, Fitri Wan-Nor1, Idris Umar Hambali10, Bura Thlama Paul1

1Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 2Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Jos, PMB 2084 Jos, Plateau Nigeria, 3Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 4Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 5Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 6Department of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 7University Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 8Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069 Maiduguri, Borno Nigeria, 9Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069 Maiduguri, Borno Nigeria, 10Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maiduguri, PMB 1069 Maiduguri, Borno Nigeria.

Abstract | This case report describes the clinical and surgical management of submandibular tumour in a 7 years old female Green Iguana weighing 1.55kg and intensively raised. Physical examination revealed that the iguana had a mass on the ventro-lateral aspect of the head measuring 4 cm x 3 cm in diameter with 7% dehydration. The iguana was placed on lactated ringer solution to correct for dehydration and to stabilize it prior to surgery. Blood samples were collected for complete blood count and serum biochemistry. Impression smear was made from the mass for cytology in addition to radiology diagnosis. Clinical findings based on complete blood count and cytology revealed leucocytosis, lymphocytosis, monocytosis with eosinopenia and presence of clusters of round to spindle shape cells with coarse chromatin embedded in pink cellular matrix. Based on the physical and clinical examination findings, the case was tentatively diagnosed as mesenchymal cell tumour and surgical removal of the tumour was recommended with adequate post-operative care.

Keywords | Iguana, Parosteal Osteoma, Tumour, Medical management, Surgical management.