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Cervical Expanding Hematomas in Dogs: Five Cases

From the Departments of Surgery (Deneuche, Viateau) and Histocytopathology (Boulouha), Alfort National Veterinary School, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Service de chirurgie, 7, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort Cédex, France.

Address all correspondence to Dr. Aymeric Deneuche, Rés. Universitaire Ch 515, 6, rue Pierre Curie, 94704 Maisons-Alfort Cédex, France.

Five puppies were presented to the Alfort National Veterinary School for a rapidly expanding, well-demarcated, subcutaneous cervical mass of a few days’ duration. In all cases, previous trauma was reported. Fine-needle aspiration of the mass in each case revealed a serosanguineous fluid containing mainly erythrocytes, with a total protein concentration ranging from 3.5 to 5.2 g/dL. Coagulation tests failed to reveal any coagulation disorder. En-bloc surgical removal of the fluid-filled mass associated with short-term postoperative drainage was curative in all cases. Histopathological examination of the mass revealed encapsulated hematoma. The disease resembles chronic expanding hematoma in humans.