Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions
A Miniature Pinscher developed acute blindness and behavioral changes. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), there were multiple small intra-axial cystic lesions, and primary differential diagnoses included primary or metastatic neoplasia and neurocysticercosis. These cystic lesions were subsequently...
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| description | A Miniature Pinscher developed acute blindness and behavioral changes. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), there were multiple small intra-axial cystic lesions, and primary differential diagnoses included primary or metastatic neoplasia and neurocysticercosis. These cystic lesions were subsequently diagnosed histopathologically as disseminated choroid plexus carcinoma. This is only the second documented description of this diagnosis in a dog, but both patients had very similar MRI findings. This patient adds to the literature about the MRI characteristics of choroid plexus tumors and indicates that choroid plexus tumor should be considered as a possible cause of small multifocal intra-axial cystic brain lesions in dogs, regardless of whether a primary intraventricular lesion is visible. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-84e0c08c6fac49718608a474d77d0eee2025-08-20T02:08:42ZengWileyCase Reports in Veterinary Medicine2090-70012090-701X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/759054759054Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic LesionsTrisha J. Oura0Peter J. Early1Samuel H. Jennings2Melissa J. Lewis3Jeremy R. Tobias4Donald E. Thrall5Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment and Specialties, 525 South Street, Walpole, MA 02081, USANorth Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USANorth Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USANorth Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USANorth Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, 1052 William Moore Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607, USAAssociate Dean for Research, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, Saint Kitts, USAA Miniature Pinscher developed acute blindness and behavioral changes. On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), there were multiple small intra-axial cystic lesions, and primary differential diagnoses included primary or metastatic neoplasia and neurocysticercosis. These cystic lesions were subsequently diagnosed histopathologically as disseminated choroid plexus carcinoma. This is only the second documented description of this diagnosis in a dog, but both patients had very similar MRI findings. This patient adds to the literature about the MRI characteristics of choroid plexus tumors and indicates that choroid plexus tumor should be considered as a possible cause of small multifocal intra-axial cystic brain lesions in dogs, regardless of whether a primary intraventricular lesion is visible.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/759054 |
| spellingShingle | Trisha J. Oura Peter J. Early Samuel H. Jennings Melissa J. Lewis Jeremy R. Tobias Donald E. Thrall Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine |
| title | Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions |
| title_full | Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions |
| title_fullStr | Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions |
| title_short | Canine Choroid Plexus Tumor with Intracranial Dissemination Presenting as Multiple Cystic Lesions |
| title_sort | canine choroid plexus tumor with intracranial dissemination presenting as multiple cystic lesions |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/759054 |
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