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Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of a primary lung tumour in a dog
Author(s) -
Macpherson G. C.,
Chadwick B. J.,
Robbins P. D.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1993.tb02676.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , intramedullary rod , myelography , lung , autopsy , myelopathy , metastasis , pathology , radiography , spinal cord neoplasm , lesion , radiology , cancer , anatomy , psychiatry
A dog was presented with signs of subacute, progressive myelopathy. A tentative diagnosis of a diffuse intramedullary spinal cord mass was made using contrast radiography (myelography). At autopsy a solitary, large bronchoalveolar carcinoma was detected in a lung lobe. Histological examination of the cranial thoracic spinal cord revealed a tumour which was similar, but not identical, to the lung tumour. Immunohistochemistry helped to confirm that the spinal lesion was a metastasis of the lung tumour.