Foreign body induced neuritis masquerading as a canine brachial plexus nerve sheath tumour.
A variety of clinical disorders caused by the foreign body reaction to migrating plant material have been reported in the dog. In this report, we describe a novel presentation in an adult dog in which this condition produced signs of progressive thoracic limb lameness and cervical spinal pain, mimicking a tumour of the brachial plexus.
Walmsley
G
G
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK. gwalmsley@rvc.ac.uk
Scurrell
E
E
Summers
B
B
Mahoney
P
P
Penning
V
V
Chandler
K
K
Volk
H
H
D000818:Animals; D020516:Brachial Plexus Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D018317:Nerve Sheath Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010944:Plants