Abstract. In a retrospective study of 71 primary ovarian tumors in the dog, epithelial tumors (46%) were more common than sex cord stromal (34%) and germ cell tumors (20%). There were more adenocarcinomas (64%) than adenomas. Sex cord stromal tumors were equally divided into Sertoli-Leydig (1 2/24) and granulosa cell tumors (12/24). There were equal numbers (7/14) of dysgerminomas and teratomas among the germ cell tumors. Most teratomas (6/7) were malignant. Most granulosa cell tumors were solid; two were mostly cystic. Patterns included sheets of round and ovoid to spindle-shaped cells separated by thin, fibrovascular stroma; neoplastic cells formed rosettes or Call-Exner bodies. In some areas, neoplastic cells were in cords or columns and formed cyst-like structures. Four granulosa cell tumors were macrofollicular, having cysts lined with granulosa cells. Median ages of dogs with different ovarian neoplasms were similar; all were more than 10 years old, except the dogs with teratoma (mean age, 4 years). Most neoplasms were unilateral (84'?0), except the SertoliLeydig cell tumors, many of which were bilateral (36%). Size of ovarian neoplasms varied (2 cm3 to 15,000 cm3). Twenty-nine percent of neoplasms metastasized; adenocarcinomas (48%) and malignant teratomas (50%) had the highest rates, and distant metastasis was more common in malignant teratoma. Endometrial hyperplasia was in 67% of the dogs; it was most common in dogs with sex cord stromal tumors (95%). Uterine malignancy was not seen in dogs with granulosa cell tumors, although hyperplastic endometrium was in all dogs with this tumor. Cysts in the contralateral ovaries were most common in dogs with sex cord stromal tumors.Canine ovarian neoplasms can be broadly divided into three major categories: (1) germ cell, (2) epithelial, and (3) sex cord stromal. The rate of occurrence of these three histologic types varies in different studies. Epithelial neoplasms are most common in some studies,2J2 and sex cord stromal tumors are most common in o t h e r~.~J~ Adenocarcinomas were more common than their benign counterparts in two studies that used the same source m a t e~i a l .~, '~ Germ cell tumors were less prevalent than the other two types of tumor in all these studies, and dysgerminomas were more common than teratomas in most of them.2s5*7J2J3 In all of these ~t u d i e s~,~,~J~ except one,I2 no distinction was made be-
Materials and MethodsA 10-year retrospective survey of the medical records at The Animal Medical Center yielded 7 1 dogs with adequate tissue specimens to confirm a diagnosis of primary ovarian neoplasm and to classify the tumors. Contralateral ovarian and uterine specimens, whenever available, were also examined. Age, breed, clinical, and gross pathologic descriptions were obtained from records. Tissues were fixed in 10% buffered formalin, processed routinely, sliced at 6 pm, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (HE), mucicarmine, periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), and modified Grimelius stains. Histologic classification was based on the majo...