Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy with cholesterol deposits in a dog

Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy occurred in an 11-year-old Labrador Retriever dog. Spinal cord compression resulted from massive radiculitis with prominent cholesterol granulomas. Cholesterol deposition and associated granuloma formation is unique in chronic inflammatory de...

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Published inJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation Vol. 27; no. 6; p. 762
Main Authors Piñeyro, Pablo, Sponenberg, D Philip, Pancotto, Theresa, King, Rosalind H M, Jortner, Bernard S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2015
Subjects
Animals
Cholesterol - metabolism
Dog Diseases - diagnosis
Dog Diseases - etiology
Dogs
Female
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating - diagnosis
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating - etiology
Polyradiculoneuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating - veterinary
Spinal Nerve Roots - pathology
cholesterol granuloma
chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Canine
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Summary:Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy occurred in an 11-year-old Labrador Retriever dog. Spinal cord compression resulted from massive radiculitis with prominent cholesterol granulomas. Cholesterol deposition and associated granuloma formation is unique in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, in both its human and canine expressions.
ISSN:1943-4936
DOI:10.1177/1040638715610379