SPINAL MENINGEAL SARCOMA IN A ROTTWEILER PUPPY

Authors
HOPKINS AL GARNER M ACKERMAN N CHRISTMAN CL ESKIN T
Citation
Al. Hopkins et al., SPINAL MENINGEAL SARCOMA IN A ROTTWEILER PUPPY, Journal of Small Animal Practice, 36(4), 1995, pp. 183-186
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of Small Animal Practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224510
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
183 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4510(1995)36:4<183:SMSIAR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An 11-week-old rottweiler puppy was presented for evaluation of progre ssive paraparesis, urinary and faecal incontinence. Radiography and my elography revealed widening of the vertebral canal and remodelling of several lumbar vertebrae associated with an intramedullary spinal mass . Magnetic resonance imaging revealed an extensive, heterogeneous mass involving the lumbosacral spinal cord, Histopathological examination indicated a meningeal sarcoma with very varied cytological architectur e.