title: Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Oesophagus in a Young Dog.
abstract: A 15-month-old great Dane dog, showing clinical signs related to hypertrophic osteopathy, was diagnosed radiographically with a mass in the region of the thoracic oesophagus. Exploratory thoracotomy revealed an extensive, highly vascularized and locally invasive oesophageal mass and the presence of nodules in adjacent lung lobes. The dog was humanely destroyed intra-operatively. Histological examination revealed that the mass was an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. This is the first report of rhabdomyosarcoma of the oesophagus of a dog. Rhabdomyosarcoma should be considered a differential diagnosis when a mass adjacent to the oesophagus is diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium. Electronic address: Nausikaa.Devriendt@UGent.be.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Devriendt
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Van Brantegem
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Raes
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine and Clinical Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Rooster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: dog; oesophagus; rhabdomyosarcoma