title: Surgical management of a recurrent spinal meningioma in a cat.
abstract: A 13-year-old male neutered Persian crossbred cat was evaluated for hindlimb paresis, ataxia and urinary incontinence that had been progressing over the previous 3 months. Neurologically, the cat had thoracolumbar spinal cord deficits and a myelogram detected the presence of a mass compressing the thoracic spinal cord. A hemilaminectomy was performed to excise the soft tissue mass, subsequently identified histologically as a psammomatous meningioma. The cat regained ambulatory function and continence following surgery until a recurrence of paresis and ataxia 36 months later. A second myelogram suggested local recurrence of the tumour, which was confirmed by histological examination of the tumour after its removal at a second laminectomy. The cat again regained normal neurological function, until a further recurrence 16 months after the second surgery. The meningioma was surgically debulked a third time and the cat regained ambulation and continence postoperatively. This case demonstrates the successful use of repeated surgical resection in the management of a recurrent spinal meningioma in a cat. The cat was ambulatory and continent at a follow-up examination 63 months after the initial presentation.
authors.affiliation: Animal Referral Hospital, South Strathfield NSW 2136, Australia. j.sumner@arhvets.com
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sumner
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary