Malignant transformation of an intraparenchymal hemangioma in the cervical spinal cord of a German shepherd dog

Autor: Courtney P. Korff, Sophie Nelissen, Amy B. Todd‐Donato, Andrew D. Miller, Emma Davies
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Vol 38, Iss 5, Pp 2681-2685 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1939-1676
0891-6640
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.17190
Popis: Abstract An 8‐year‐old female spayed German shepherd dog was presented for evaluation of a 1‐week history of right thoracic limb monoparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) identified an intraparenchymal, T2 hypointense and T1 isointense, strongly heterogeneously contrast‐enhancing mass with moderate internal susceptibility artifact on T2* images at the level of the cranial extent of the C5 vertebral body. Euthanasia was elected after a rapid neurologic decline in the 24 hours after MRI. Necropsy and histopathology identified an intraparenchymal hemangiosarcoma arising from a hemangioma in the cervical spinal cord, with no evidence of neoplastic disease in any other examined organs. The spectrum of vasoproliferative disorders in the central nervous system in veterinary species has been codified recently, but hemangiosarcoma is considered metastatic to the central nervous system. Herein we describe the clinical, imaging, and histologic findings in a dog with a novel primary location of hemangiosarcoma in the cervical spinal cord.
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