Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Surgery to ease nerve tumor symptoms in a dog's leg
By Gibson, Andrew David et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2016·From the Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Palliative Epineurotomy for Focal Radial Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Dog.
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Plain-English summary
A dog was diagnosed with a tumor affecting the deep branch of the radial nerve near the elbow, which was confirmed through imaging and biopsy. After the initial surgery, the dog's symptoms improved significantly but returned three months later. A second surgery, called epineurotomy, was performed to relieve the pressure from the tumor, leading to another month of improvement. While this treatment is not commonly used for this type of tumor, it showed potential as a palliative option when amputation isn't feasible.
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Abstract
This case report describes the diagnosis of a peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the deep branch of the radial nerve distal to the elbow in a dog. The lesion was identified using computed tomography and ultrasonography and confirmed as sarcoma on histopathological analysis of incisional biopsies. Clinical signs dramatically improved following surgical biopsy before recurring three months later. Repeat epineurotomy of the deep branch of the radial nerve resulted in clinical improvement for a further month before signs once again returned. Epineurotomy as a palliative treatment for peripheral nerve sheath tumors has not been previously described, but may have a place in palliation of clinical signs in specific cases of peripheral nerve sheath tumors in which limb amputation is not an option.
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