Clinical, imaging and histopathological characteristics of a malignant intracranial meningioma with pulmonary metastasis in a dog
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A 13-year-old Spanish Breton was presented for a hyperacute onset of dull mentation followed by generalised tonic-clonic seizure and recumbency. An intracranial magnetic resonance imaging study identified well-demarcated intraventricular mass, cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed moderate neutrophilic pleocytosis proteinorrachia. tentative diagnosis meningioma made medical treatment started. After short initial improvement, the patient died 3 weeks later. Histopathology confirmed presence malignant (World Health Organization [WHO] grade III) pulmonary metastasis. This is, to our knowledge, first reported case canine with metastasis showing immunohistochemical characterisation tumour.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Veterinary Record Case Reports
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2052-6121']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.365