Radical excision and histopathological diagnosis of Trichoblastoma in a German Shepherd dog

Abstract

An eight-year-old, male German shepherd dog was brought with the chief complaint of having a mass at the lateral aspect of left metacarpal region for past six months. Clinically a firm, spherical pink colored growth was seen. The growth was radically excised under inj. Atropine sulphate @ 0.04mg/kg I/M, inj. Xyazine HCl @ 1mg/kg I/M and Inj. Ketofol I/V (Propofol @ 5mg/Kg and Ketamine @ 3mg/Kg.). and evaluated histopathologically which revealed it to be trichoblastoma.