Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with hindlimb paralysis caused by spinal cord tumor paraganglioma
By Mascort, J & Pumarola, M·Published in The Journal of small animal practice·1995·Hospital Ars Veterinaria, Spain·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Posterior mediastinal paraganglioma involving the spinal cord of a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old female collie was brought in for paralysis of her hind legs. X-rays and a special imaging test showed that a mass was pressing on her spinal cord. Further tests confirmed that the mass was a type of tumor called a paraganglioma. Unfortunately, the abstract does not provide information on the treatment or outcome for this dog.
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Abstract
A posterior mediastinal paraganglioma is described in a five-year-old female collie showing paralysis of the hindlimbs. The mass was observed radiographically and a myelogram confirmed a spinal cord compression at the thoracic level. Histological examination of the mass diagnoses a paraganglioma which was confirmed by histochemical and immunohistochemical studies. This is compared with paraganglioma found in man.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7650926/