title: Extradural spinal liposarcoma in a dog.
abstract: An 8-year-old female Doberman Pinscher was examined because of progressive, asymmetric, ambulatory caudal paraparesis. Myelography revealed extradural left ventrolateral spinal cord compression over the first and second lumbar vertebral bodies. A left hemilaminectomy, extending from the thirteenth thoracic to the second lumbar vertebrae, was done, and an extradural mass was removed. The tumor was identified histologically as myxoid liposarcoma. The dog's neurologic function improved gradually after surgery; however, at 7 months after surgery, hind limb neurologic function deteriorated rapidly over a 5-week period, presumably because of local recurrence of the tumor. The dog was euthanatized; necropsy was not permitted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Paulsen
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kerwin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000662:veterinary*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*