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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—CERVICAL SPINE CHONDROMA IN A DOG
Author(s) -
RÓDENAS SERGIO,
PUMAROLA MARTÍ,
AÑOR SÒNIA
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00409.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chondroma , magnetic resonance imaging , cervical spine , radiology , cervical vertebrae , spinal cord , anatomy , surgery , psychiatry
An extradural chondroma originating in the cervical spine was diagnosed in an 8‐year‐old, intact male Chow‐Chow that presented acute cervical pain and chronic right thoracic limb lameness. Myelographic images were within normal limits. With magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an extradural mass was identified at the level of the C4‐C5 vertebrae. This mass was excised, and the histologic diagnosis was chondroma. Fifteen months after surgery, the dog was clinically normal, and no regrowth of the mass was identified on follow‐up MR images. Spinal chondromas are rare tumors in the dog, but should be considered as a rule out for contrast‐enhancing extradural vertebral masses.