Regression of hypertrophic osteopathy following removal of intrathoracic neoplasia derived from vagus nerve in a dog.
Surgical removal of an intrathoracic tumor derived from a vagus nerve was undergone in a dog with hypertrophic osteopathy. The tumor was pathologically diagnosed as malignant schwanoma. Soft tissue swelling, lameness, and itchiness in four limbs disappeared within 7 days after surgery. The proliferated periosteal osteophytes of the four limbs was progressively reduced with time by follow-up radiography on the 58th day after surgery. On the 710th day after surgery, these osteophytes were greatly decreased as osteopathy, malignant schwanoma.
Hara
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Y
Division of Veterinary Surgery, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
Tagawa
M
M
Ejima
H
H
Orima
H
H
Yamagami
T
T
Umeda
M
M
Komori
S
S
Washizu
M
M
D000818:Animals; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D014628:Vagotomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D014630:Vagus Nerve