Rhabdomyosarcoma with posterior paresis and megaesophagus in a Holstein heifer.
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.
Kajiwara
Ayano
A
Tokachi Agricultural Mutual Aid Association, Obihiro, Japan.
Tani
Natsumi
N
Kobayashi
Yoshiyasu
Y
Furuoka
Hidefumi
H
Sasaki
Naoki
N
Ishii
Mitsuo
M
Inokuma
Hisashi
H
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*