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Diagnosing squamous cell carcinoma in horses

Kansas City

Rachel Allbaugh, DVM, MS, DACVO, explains her squamous cell carcinoma diagnosis procedure, beyond just the clinical signs

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During an interview with dvm360 at the Fetch dvm360 Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, Rachel Allbaugh, DVM, MS, DACVO, a professor of ophthalmology at Iowa State University, shared her typical procedure for diagnosing patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Allbaugh explained that, although the clincal signs are often enough to diagnose, there are cases where further tests are required.

Below is a partial transcript

Rachel Allbaugh, DVM, MS, DACVO: So, with presumed squamous cell carcinoma, many times the clinical sign of what I'm seeing is diagnostic enough, to be honest with you. But, if you're not quite sure, then I think taking a biopsy sample is very much indicated. So, you can take a little punch biopsy or a snip biopsy and submit that to the pathologist for evaluation to confirm that.

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