Chordoma of the thoracic vertebrae in a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

Autor:	Hideo Akiyoshi, Junichiro Shimizu, Mizuki Kuramochi, Mayuka Hori, Mitsuru Kuwamura, Takeshi Izawa, Jyoji Yamate, Fumihito Ohashi, Kayo Kusuda, Toshie Iseri
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Pathology medicine.medical_specialty General Veterinary biology Anatomy biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Spinal cord Vertebra Cytokeratin medicine.anatomical_structure biology.animal Thoracic vertebrae medicine Chordoma Nuclear atypia Panthera Bengal tiger
Zdroj:	Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 77:893-895
ISSN:	1347-7439 0916-7250
Popis:	A 19-year-old female Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) was presented with hind limb weakness, ataxia and respiratory distress. Computed tomography revealed a mass between the left side of the T7 vertebra and the base of the left 7th rib. The tiger then died, and necropsy was performed. Grossly, the vertebral mass was 6 × 5.7 × 3 cm, and invaded the adjacent vertebral bone and compressed the T7 spinal cord. Histologically, the mass was composed of large, clear, vacuolated and polygonal cells with osteochondral matrix. Cellular and nuclear atypia were moderate. The vacuolated cells stained positively for cytokeratin and vimentin and negatively for S-100. Based on these findings, the present case was diagnosed as a vertebral chordoma; the first report in a tiger.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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