SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF RANULA IN A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG – A CASE REPORT

S. Kandasamy; M. Vijayakumar; P. Sankar; Boda Saikumar; A. Kumaresan; S. Kathirvel

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v51i6.135730

Authors

S. Kandasamy M.V.Sc Student, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002
M. Vijayakumar Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002
P. Sankar Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002
Boda Saikumar PG Student, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002
A. Kumaresan Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002
S. Kathirvel Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal – 637 002

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v51i6.135730

Keywords:

Ranula, Marsupialization, Dog

Abstract

Ranula rarely resolve without surgery and marsupialisation is easily applicable technique to manage sublingual salivary mucocele. A two year old male German shepherd dog was presented to Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal with the history of swelling on ventral aspect of the tongue for the past one and half month. The fine needle aspiration cytology revealed macrophages mixed with coccobacillary clumps, haematobiochemical parameters were within the physiological range. Based on the clinical signs, the case was diagnosed as ranula. Under atropine sulphate and xylazine hydrochloride premedication, induction of anaesthesia with ketamine and diazepam followed by isoflurane maintenance, marsupialization was done. Postoperatively, the animal was treated with broad spectrum antibiotic and antiinflammatory drugs for five days, and the animal recovered uneventfully after 15 days.

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