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Prates,Klaus Scherer; Bianchi,Matheus Viezzer; Mello,Lauren Santos de; Matesco,Viviana Cauduro; Lorenzo,Cíntia de; Driemeier,David; Pavarini,Saulo Petinatti. |
ABSTRACT: Meningiomas are the most frequent neoplasms involving the brain in dogs and cats, and are occasionally observed in the spinal cord. They cause compression of the central nervous system; however, do not infiltrate the neuropile and rarely metastasize to other organs. The present study describes a case of anaplastic spinal meningioma with extra neural metastasis in a 20 years-old cat. Clinically, the feline presented a clinical history of 120 days with paresis of the hind limbs and loss of the tail’s movements, with subsequent death. At necropsy, there was an irregular and soft whitish mass involving the meninges from the lumbar intumescence to the sacral region of the spinal cord. Similar white nodular masses were observed in the lungs, liver and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ataxia; Immunohistochemistry; Spinal cord; Meningioma; Metastasis; Central nervous system. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782018000700550 |
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