AN INTRATHORACIC MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR IN A DOG
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Stephanie C. Essman DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. S.C. Essman, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.Search for more papers by this authorJohn P. Hoover MS, DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Bahr DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorJerry W. Ritchey DVM, PhD
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorChristine Watson DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Stephanie C. Essman DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. S.C. Essman, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.Search for more papers by this authorJohn P. Hoover MS, DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Bahr DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorJerry W. Ritchey DVM, PhD
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorChristine Watson DVM
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078–2042.
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
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 trachea! 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.
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