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AN INTRATHORACIC MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR IN A DOG |
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| Authors: | Stephanie C Essman DVM John P Hoover MS DVM Robert J Bahr DVM Jerry W Ritchey DVM PhD Christine Watson DVM |
| Institution: | Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 74078-2042, USA. |
| Abstract: | A 7-year-old, neutered male Labrador Retriever presented for a persistent, productive cough and regurgitation. Radiography, ultrasonography, and computed tomography confirmed a large, smoothly marginated intrathoracic mass causing tracheal compression. The mass was removed via a thoracotomy, and a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, most likely originating from the ventral spinal nerve roots, was confirmed using immunohistochemistry. |
| Keywords: | neurofibrosarcoma malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor computed tomography CT dog |