Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Miniature Dachshund with spinal tumor causing hindlimb weakness
By Nakade, Tetsuya et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2006·School of Veterinary Medicine, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spinal nephroblastoma in a miniature Dachshund.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old castrated miniature Dachshund was brought to the vet because he was having trouble using his back legs and was unsteady on his feet. After tests, including an MRI, the vet found a tumor in his spinal cord. The dog underwent surgery to remove the tumor, which was identified as a spinal nephroblastoma (a type of kidney tumor that can occur in the spine). While there was some slight improvement in his hind leg function, he did not regain full use of his front legs.
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Abstract
A 2-year-old castrated miniature Dachshund dog was presented to the Rakuno Gakuen Veterinary Teaching Hospital for diagnosis of progressive hindlimb paresis and ataxia. There was no thoracolumbar intervertebral disk hernia and magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intramedullary spinal cord lesion at the ninth and tenth thoracic vertebrae. Following surgical excision of the neoplasm, there was minor amelioration of neurological signs, but forelimb function was not recovered. The extracted tumor was histopathlogically diagnosed as spinal nephroblastoma.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17213716/