Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog's bone swelling and lameness improved after tumor removal surgery
By Hara, Y et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·1995·Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Regression of hypertrophic osteopathy following removal of intrathoracic neoplasia derived from vagus nerve in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old dog with lameness, swelling, and itching in all four legs was diagnosed with a malignant tumor on the vagus nerve. After surgery to remove the tumor, the dog's symptoms improved significantly within a week, and follow-up X-rays showed that the bone growths associated with the condition (hypertrophic osteopathy) were reducing over time. By two months after the surgery, the dog's legs were much better, and the abnormal bone growths had greatly decreased.
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Abstract
Surgical removal of an intrathoracic tumor derived from a vagus nerve was undergone in a dog with hypertrophic osteopathy. The tumor was pathologically diagnosed as malignant schwanoma. Soft tissue swelling, lameness, and itchiness in four limbs disappeared within 7 days after surgery. The proliferated periosteal osteophytes of the four limbs was progressively reduced with time by follow-up radiography on the 58th day after surgery. On the 710th day after surgery, these osteophytes were greatly decreased as osteopathy, malignant schwanoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7756406/