Condrossarcoma primário de língua em cão / Primary chondrosarcoma in the tongue of a dog

A 10 year old female Boxer was taken dead to veterinary hospital for a necropsy without any clinical history, showing a growth on the dorsal part of the tongue. Based on the histopathological findings mesenchymal chondrosarcoma was diagnosed. This report describes the first case of chondrosarcoma on the base of the tongue in veterinary medicine.(AU)