Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with lumbar nerve pain caused by fatty tumor near spine
By Wahle, Andrea M et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2017·Small Animal Clinic Haar, Germany·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-CONCENTRIC PERIRADICULAR LIPOMA CAUSING LUMBAR NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION IN A DOG.
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Plain-English summary
An 11-year-old male neutered Jack Russell Terrier was brought in because he was showing signs of nerve pain in his right back leg. An MRI scan revealed a fatty tumor pressing on the nerves in his lower back. The tumor was surgically removed, and the diagnosis was a type of lipoma, which is a benign fatty growth. This specific type of lipoma had not been reported in dogs before, but after surgery, the dog was expected to recover and feel better without the nerve compression.
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Abstract
An 11-year-old, male neutered Jack Russell Terrier was presented with a nerve root signature of the right pelvic limb. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a well demarcated, ovoid, extramedullary mass at the level of the L7 vertebral body. This showed, compared to normal spinal cord, hyperintense signal on T1- and T2-weighted images, which was suppressed on gradient echo short tau inversion recovery (GE-STIR) images. Additionally, the mass was characterized by a fat density on computed tomography images. Histopathology of the surgically excised mass was consistent with concentric periradicular lipoma, which has not been described in domestic animals yet.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27147585/