IMAGING DIAGNOSIS: CRANIAL CERVICAL INTRASPINAL SCHWANNOMA IN A DOG. Issue 3 (6th June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oliveira, Maria; De La Fuente, Cristian; Pumarola, Martí; Añor, Sònia
• Is Part Of: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound. Volume 55:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 300
• Page End: 304
• Publication Date: 2013-06-06
• Subjects: Veterinary radiology -- Periodicals; Radiologie vétérinaire -- Périodiques; Échographie vétérinaire -- Périodiques; Radiography -- Periodicals; Ultrasonography -- Periodicals; Diagnosis -- Periodicals; Veterinary Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies, Medical -- Periodicals; 636.089607
• DOI: 10.1111/vru.12071
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-8183

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>A 3‐year‐old, intact female Golden Retriever was presented with acute tetraplegia. Neurologic examination was consistent with a C1–C5 myelopathy. On magnetic resonance (MR) imaging a well‐defined, extradural mass was detected within the spinal canal at the level of C1–C2. The mass was isointense to normal spinal cord gray matter on T1‐weighted (T1W) images, hyperintense on T2‐weighted (T2W), and gradient‐echo (GE) images, and enhanced homogeneously after intravenous contrast administration. MR imaging features were mainly consistent with a meningioma. Surgical treatment was refused by the owners, and the dog was euthanized. Postmortem examination demonstrated that the intraspinal mass was a schwannoma.</p> </abstract>