NEVPC 2021

Signalment:8-year-old female spayed miniature Australian shepherd

History:Presented for excision of a large, soft, fluctuant mass in the left cranial cervical region, which had been present and slowly growing since May of 2018.

Gross Lesions:The mass, submitted as Òleft mandibular/sublingual salivary gland,Ó floated in formalin and measured 9 x 5.9 x 4.4 cm. It was firm, tan to brown, and was subdivided into variably-sized lobules by thin bands of fibrous stroma.