title: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with divergent mesenchymal differentiations in a dog.
abstract: A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor with divergent osteogenic, myxomatous, and myoblastic differentiations is described in a 10.5-year-old male Labrador Retriever dog. The tumor involved the sixth and seventh cervical spinal cord segments and nerves. The diagnosis was based on the results of histopathology, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology