Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Retroperitoneal paraganglioma tumor found in a Boxer dog
By Ilha, Marcia R S & Styer, Eloise L·Published in Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc·2013·University of Georgia, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Extra-adrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 10.5-year-old male Boxer was found to have a rare tumor called a paraganglioma located in the area behind the abdominal organs. This dog also had other tumors and growths, including one at the base of the aorta and multiple thyroid and testicular tumors. The vet suspected that the retroperitoneal mass was a primary tumor rather than a spread from the aortic tumor. Unfortunately, the abstract does not provide information on treatment or outcome for this dog.
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Abstract
An extra-adrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma was observed in a 10.5-year-old male Boxer dog. Additionally, the dog had an aortic base tumor, multiple thyroid adenomas, multiple testicular interstitial cell tumors, bilateral nodular adrenal cortical hyperplasia, and parathyroid gland hyperplasia. The hypothesis that the retroperitoneal mass represents a primary extra-adrenal paraganglioma rather than metastatic mass from the aortic body tumor is considered. Either primary or metastatic extra-adrenal retroperitoneal paragangliomas are rarely reported in dogs.
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