1. Spinal mast cell tumor in a dog.
- Author
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Moore LE, Garrett LD, Debey B, and Biller DS
- Subjects
- Animals, Breeding, Cervical Vertebrae, Diagnosis, Differential, Dog Diseases diagnostic imaging, Dog Diseases pathology, Dogs, Female, Lameness, Animal etiology, Mast-Cell Sarcoma diagnosis, Radiography, Spinal Cord Neoplasms diagnosis, Thoracic Vertebrae, Dog Diseases diagnosis, Mast-Cell Sarcoma veterinary, Spinal Cord Neoplasms veterinary
- Abstract
A 6-year-old, spayed female rottweiler was referred for left forelimb lameness followed by tetraparesis. A mast cell tumor compressing the spinal cord at the level of the sixth cervical to first thoracic (C6-T1) vertebrae was diagnosed based on cervical myelography and necropsy findings. This was considered a primary extracutaneous mast cell tumor, as no evidence of disease was found elsewhere. This is the first report of a primary mast cell tumor in this location.
- Published
- 2002
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