title: Rhabdomyosarcoma with posterior paresis and megaesophagus in a Holstein heifer.
abstract: A 7-month-old Holstein heifer presented with posterior paresis and megaesophagus. At post mortem examination, a nodular tumor was found attached to the thoracic wall and the eighth to eleventh thoracic vertebrae, adjacent to the left posterior pulmonary lobe. The tumor was diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma by histology. This is a very rare case of spinal infiltration of rhabdomyosarcoma in cattle.
authors: Tokachi Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, Obihiro, Japan.
authors: Ayano
authors: A
authors: Kajiwara
authors: Natsumi
authors: N
authors: Tani
authors: Yoshiyasu
authors: Y
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Hidefumi
authors: H
authors: Furuoka
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Sasaki
authors: Mitsuo
authors: M
authors: Ishii
authors: Hisashi
authors: H
authors: Inokuma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D010291:Paresis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*