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Invasive histiocytic sarcoma of the lumbar spine in a ferret ( Mustela putorius furo )
Author(s) -
Warschau M.,
Hoffmann M.,
Dziallas P.,
Hansmann F.,
Baumgärtner W.,
Mischke R.,
Cichowski S.,
Fehr M.
Publication year - 2017
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/jsap.12632
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , histiocytic sarcoma , mustela putorius , pathology , spinal cord , sarcoma , spindle cell sarcoma , lumbar , physical examination , spinal column , spinal cord compression , lesion , histopathological examination , histiocyte , cytopathology , anatomy , radiology , surgery , psychiatry , cytology
This report describes the history, clinical examination and histopathology of a histiocytic sarcoma in a domestic ferret. Clinical signs were acute paraplegia and dysuria. Physical examination revealed a firm, smooth, touch‐sensitive mass in and around the lumbar vertebral column. Neurologic examination was consistent with a lesion between spinal cord segments T3 and L3 . Magnetic resonance images revealed bone lesions of L2 and L3 combined with compression of the spinal cord due to a homogenous, isointense mass that was diagnosed as a malignant round cell tumour and the ferret was euthanased. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of an infiltrative histiocytic sarcoma.