Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with neck movement problems diagnosed with spinal cord tumor
By Mamom, T et al.·Published in Veterinary pathology·2004·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Oligodendroglioma in the cervical spinal cord of a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old male Yorkshire Terrier started having trouble moving his neck and showed weakness in all four legs over four months. After a thorough examination and imaging tests, the vet suspected a mass in the spinal cord. Sadly, the dog passed away, and a necropsy revealed a tumor in the cervical spinal cord. The tumor was identified as an oligodendroglioma, which is a type of brain tumor. Unfortunately, treatment options for this condition are limited, and the prognosis is often poor.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old male castrated Yorkshire Terrier dog developed slowly progressive neurologic disturbances consisting of difficulties in moving the neck, lack of proprioception, and tetraparesis 4 months prior its death. Neurologic examination, computer tomography, and myelography resulted in the tentative diagnosis of intramedullary cervicothoracic spinal cord lesion. At necropsy, an intramedullary cervical spinal cord mass between C5 and C6 was noticed. Histologically, cells of this well-demarcated, nonencapsulated neoplasm were arranged in sheaths or cords separated by a fine fibrovascular stroma. The polygonal to round tumor cells were characterized by moderate pale, basophilic, and vacuolar cytoplasm and round to slightly oval, centrally located nuclei with fine-stippled heterochromatin, a single nucleolus, and a very low mitotic activity. Tumor cells lacked glial fibrillary acidic protein, vimentin, factor VIII-related, and cytokeratin antigen expression. Histologic and immunohistochemical findings led to the diagnosis of a cervical spinal cord oligodendroglioma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15347828/