title: Adenocarcinoma metastasis of the intertransversarius cervicis muscle eliciting a right forelimb lameness in a dog.
abstract: This article describes identification of a metastatic adenocarcinoma to the intertransversarius cervicis muscle using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a dog that presented with chronic lameness of the right forelimb. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a right sided, ovoid signal abnormality within the intertransversarius cervicis muscle lateral to the sixth cervical (C6) vertebra. The lesion was uniform, hyperintense on T2- and isointense on T1-weighted images to muscle and exhibited uniform contrast enhancement on T1-weighted images. The MRI findings were consistent with a neoplasia. Surgical excision was performed. Histopathological diagnosis was metastatic fibrous adenocarcinoma. The dog recovered rapidly but 6 months post-operatively he was killed because of lung metastases. Necropsy was declined and the primary tumour could not be identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Surgery, Small Animal Clinic, Free university, Oertzenweg 19b, D-14163 Berlin, Germany. frank.forterre@kkh.unibe.ch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Forterre
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matiasek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brunnberg
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis