Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
French Bulldog with spinal cord tumor spread treated successfully
By Lane, Angus et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2025·The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Successful Treatment of Spinal Cord Drop Metastasis From a Forebrain Oligodendroglioma With Radiotherapy.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old female neutered French Bulldog was brought in because she was having trouble using her left front leg. She had previously been treated with radiation for a brain tumor, and an MRI showed a new problem in her spinal cord likely caused by the original tumor spreading. The vet used a specific type of radiation therapy to target the spinal lesion, which helped improve her symptoms and showed positive results on follow-up imaging. Unfortunately, she passed away from unrelated issues nearly two years later, but the treatment for her spinal cord problem was effective.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old female neutered French Bulldog presented with left thoracic limb paresis. Twelve months earlier, the dog had been treated with 3D conformal radiotherapy for a right piriform lobe mass (suspected glioma), which had a strong partial response following treatment. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intramedullary lesion of the cervical spinal cord, suspected to be drop metastasis. This lesion was treated with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) (10 fractions of 3.6 Gy, total 36 Gy), with a response documented on MRI, alongside resolution of clinical signs. The dog died of unrelated causes 647 days following IMRT, and the diagnosis was confirmed at post-mortem examination.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41310912/