title: Inflammatory mammary carcinoma with metastasis to the brain and distant organs in a spayed Shih Tzu dog.
abstract: Inflammatory mammary carcinoma (IMC) is a specific type of rare, very aggressive, and highly metastatic mammary cancer in both human beings and dogs. A 10-year-old female spayed Shih Tzu dog was diagnosed with secondary IMC. At necropsy, brain metastasis of mammary neoplastic cells was observed in tissues of the cerebrum and cerebellum. Metastases were also found in other distant organs such as heart, lung, liver, spleen, and inguinal lymph node. There is limited data about the metastasis of IMC and its pattern. The current report of IMC with brain metastases contributes to the understanding of metastatic IMC.
authors: Small Animal Tumor Diagnostic Center, Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
authors: Jong-Hyuk
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Keum-Soon
authors: KS
authors: Im
authors: Na-Hyun
authors: NH
authors: Kim
authors: Seung-Ki
authors: SK
authors: Chon
authors: Alan R
authors: AR
authors: Doster
authors: Jung-Hyang
authors: JH
authors: Sur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000662:veterinary*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000473:pathology*