Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with neck pain and limb lameness diagnosed with cervical spine
By Ródenas, Sergio et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2008·Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Spain·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Imaging diagnosis--cervical spine chondroma in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old male Chow-Chow was brought to the vet for severe neck pain and ongoing limping in his right front leg. After normal myelogram results, an MRI revealed a mass in his cervical spine. The mass was surgically removed and diagnosed as a chondroma, which is a type of tumor. Fifteen months later, the dog was doing well with no signs of the mass returning.
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Abstract
An extradural chondroma originating in the cervical spine was diagnosed in an 8-year-old, intact male Chow-Chow that presented acute cervical pain and chronic right thoracic limb lameness. Myelographic images were within normal limits. With magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an extradural mass was identified at the level of the C4-C5 vertebrae. This mass was excised, and the histologic diagnosis was chondroma. Fifteen months after surgery, the dog was clinically normal, and no regrowth of the mass was identified on follow-up MR images. Spinal chondromas are rare tumors in the dog, but should be considered as a rule out for contrast-enhancing extradural vertebral masses.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18833956/