| Literature DB >> 23814306 |
Marc K Hobert1, Christina Brauer, Peter Dziallas, Ingo Gerhauser, Dorothee Algermissen, Andrea Tipold, Veronika M Stein.
Abstract
Two cases of infiltrative lipomas compressing the spinal cord and causing nonambulatory paraparesis in 2 large-breed dogs are reported. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed severe extradural spinal cord compression by inhomogenous masses that infiltrated the adjacent tissues and the muscles of the spine in both dogs. The presumptive clinical diagnoses were infiltrative lipomas, which were confirmed by histopathology. In rare cases infiltrative lipomas are able to compress the spinal cord by the agressive growth of invasive adipocytes causing neurological deficits.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23814306 PMCID: PMC3524820
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can Vet J ISSN: 0008-5286 Impact factor: 1.008