IMAGING DIAGNOSIS-VERTEBRAL POLYOSTOTIC LYMPHOMA IN A GERIATRIC DOG.

Vet Radiol Ultrasound

Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, 501 DW Brooks Drive, Athens, GA, 30602.

Published: July 2016

A 9-year-old spayed female Scottish terrier presented with an 8-day history of progressive paraparesis. Neurological examination suggested a painful T3-L3 myelopathy. Multifocal uniform contrast-enhancing masses involving the vertebral bodies, pedicles, laminae, and spinous processes of two vertebrae and compressing the spinal cord were present on MRI. Fluoroscopic-guided fine needle aspiration of one of the vertebral lesions revealed a predominantly lymphoblastic population of cells compatible with a diagnosis of lymphoma. To the authors' knowledge, this represents the first published case of canine lymphoma with vertebral involvement, characterized with MRI.

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