A rostral maxillectomy was performed to remove an intraoral growth in a 9 month old Labrador retriever dog. The growth was initially diagnosed from a biopsy sample as an acanthomatous epulis. The opinions of several pathologists were obtained postoperatively and a final diagnosis of papillary squamous cell carcinoma was made.
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