Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography findings of vertebral osteosarcoma in a cat.
An 8-year-old female Persian cat with a gait disorder was brought to our hospital. Pelvic limb mobility had gradually reduced over the preceding 3 months, then rapidly deteriorated 2 weeks before consultation. Signs also occurred in the thoracic limbs. With a tentative diagnosis of neural disease, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography were performed. T1-weighted imaging showed isointensity in the seventh cervical vertebra, while T2-weighted imaging revealed hypointensity. Contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging revealed a uniformly enhancing mass. Extirpation of the mass relieved the clinical signs, leading to disappearance of the neurological signs. The histopathological examination suggested osteosarcoma.
Nihon University Veterinary Research Center, Japan.
Midori
M
Okada
Masato
M
Kitagawa
Akinori
A
Nagasawa
Takuya
T
Itou
Kiichi
K
Kanayama
Takeo
T
Sakai
D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002415:Cats; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000662:veterinary; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary