Malignant mesenchymoma associated with an unusual vasoinvasive metastasis in a dog

J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 1998 Jul-Aug;34(4):295-9. doi: 10.5326/15473317-34-4-295.

Abstract

A case of a malignant mesenchymoma with an unusual, vasoinvasive, metastatic behavior in a three-year-old, intact female basset hound is presented. Malignant mesenchymomas are rare neoplasms in humans and in dogs. No previous reports of a malignant mesenchymoma with vasoinvasive metastasis in the dog were found in the literature. The constituent neoplasms are discussed in relation to reports in the human and veterinary literature, and a potential etiology for this unique presentation is hypothesized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant / veterinary
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dog Diseases / drug therapy
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dog Diseases / surgery
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Liposarcoma / pathology
  • Liposarcoma / veterinary
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / pathology
  • Mesenchymoma / surgery
  • Mesenchymoma / veterinary*
  • Mesenteric Veins / pathology
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Osteosarcoma / veterinary
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Spinal Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Thymus Gland / blood supply
  • Thymus Neoplasms / secondary
  • Thymus Neoplasms / veterinary
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology
  • Vascular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Vascular Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Veins / pathology
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / pathology
  • Vena Cava, Inferior* / surgery