Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Imaging diagnosis-metastatic adrenal pheochromocytoma in a dog.
- Journal:
- Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association
- Year:
- 2011
- Authors:
- Spall, Benjamin et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- dog
Abstract
A 10-year-old Akita mix became acutely paraplegic. Upon magnetic resonance imaging, multiple, slightly T2-hyperintense, T1-isointense extradural masses, relative to spinal cord were found in the vertebral canal. The retroperitoneal masses had mixed T2-signal intensity. The contrast enhancement pattern for the spinal masses was both homogenous and heterogenous. The diagnosis was metastatic pheochromocytoma. Signal intensity of the tumors in this dog was similar to reports of pheochromocytoma in human beings.
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