Immunohistochemical evaluation of a malignant phecochromocytoma in a wolfdog

Vet Pathol. 2001 Jul;38(4):447-50. doi: 10.1354/vp.38-4-447.

Abstract

A malignant pheochromocytoma with multiple metastases was diagnosed in a 7-year-old male wolfdog that resulted from a cross between an eastern timber wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) and an Alaskan malamute. A yellowish white neoplastic mass approximately 10 cm diameter was found in the right adrenal gland. The neoplasm penetrated through the wall of the caudal vena cava. A diagnosis of pheochromocytoma was established by histopathologic and immunohistochemical procedures. Immunohistochemically, the neoplastic cells expressed chromogranin A, substance P, synaptophysin, Leu-7, protein gene product 9.5, methionine-enkephalin, S100 protein, and galanin. Multiple metastatic tumors were found in the kidneys, spleen, lungs, heart, and liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Animals
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Dog Diseases / metabolism
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Immunohistochemistry / veterinary
  • Kidney Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology
  • Kidney Neoplasms / secondary
  • Kidney Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Pheochromocytoma / metabolism
  • Pheochromocytoma / pathology
  • Pheochromocytoma / secondary
  • Pheochromocytoma / veterinary*