First report of the simultaneous occurrence of choroid plexus papilloma and meningioma in a dog.
A 7-year-old spayed female English Cocker Spaniel was examined because of a 1-week history of lethargy, stumbling over objects and circling, and the presence of two tonic-clonic generalised seizures two days before presentation. The neurological signs suggested a lesion involving the right forebrain. Computed tomography revealed the presence of two intracranial masses, one located inside the right lateral ventricle and the other located in the right frontal lobe attached to the falx cerebri. Because of the poor prognosis, the owner refused to continue with the therapy and the dog was euthanised. On postmortem examination one mass was diagnosed histologically as a meningioma and the other as a papilloma of the choroid plexus. Information in the veterinary literature on multiple malignancies affecting the central nervous system is very limited. To the best of the authors' knowledge, the association of meningioma and choroid plexus papilloma has never been reported either in the human or in the veterinary medical literature.
Espino
Luciano
L
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Rof Codina Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, 22702 Lugo, Spain. luciano.espino@usc.es
Suarez
Maruska
M
Santamarina
German
G
Vila
Mónica
M
Miño
Natalia
N
Lopez-Peña
Mónica
M
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D020288:Papilloma, Choroid Plexus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*