title: Long-term follow-up of surgical treatment of spinal anaplastic astrocytoma in a cat.
abstract: A 10-year-old spayed female chinchilla feline presented with gradually progressive tetraparesis and cervical pain that had begun 1 month before the onset of a 4-day tetraplegic episode. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a large elliptical intramedullary mass at the fourth cervical vertebrae. The mass was removed surgically and diagnosed as an anaplastic astrocytoma. No neurological abnormalities were observed 3 weeks postsurgery. Magnetic resonance at 3.5 year follow-up revealed neither mass regrowth nor recurrence of signs.
authors: 1Tamura Animal Clinic, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Tamura
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Hori
authors: Yumiko
authors: Y
authors: Tamura
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome