The pathological features associated with spinal tumours in 29 dogs.

The pathological features of 29 spinal tumours are described. The most common tumours were those originating extradurally and included 10 vertebral neoplasms and 2 lymphosarcomas. Ten of the 29 were peripheral nerve tumours invading the spinal cord. The remaining 7 comprised 3 meningiomas, 2 ependymomas, one metastatic mammary adenocarcinoma and one haemangiosarcoma. There was a notable absence of glial tumours.