Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of a primary lung tumour in a dog |
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| Authors: | G. C. Macpherson B. J. Chadwick P. D. Robbins |
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| Affiliation: | School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch WA 6150, Australia;*"Hospital and University Department of Pathology", Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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