Spinal oligodendroglioma with diffuse arachnoidal dissemination in a Japanese black heifer

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 61; no. 12; pp. 1323 - 1326
• Main Authors: Uchida, K. (Miyazaki Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture), Muranaka, M, Murakami, T, Yamaguchi, R, Tateyama, S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 01.12.1999; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; BEEF CATTLE; BOVIN; BOVIN DE BOUCHERIE; bovine; CATTLE; Cattle Diseases - immunology; Cattle Diseases - pathology; Fatal Outcome; Female; GANADO BOVINO; GANADO DE CARNE; GENISSE; Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein - immunology; HEIFERS; Immunohistochemistry; MEDULA ESPINAL; MOELLE EPINIERE; NEOPLASMAS; NEOPLASME; NEOPLASMS; NOVILLA; oligodendroglioma; Oligodendroglioma - immunology; Oligodendroglioma - pathology; Oligodendroglioma - veterinary; Paralysis - veterinary; PATHOLOGIE; PATHOLOGY; PATOLOGIA; SPINAL CORD; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - immunology; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - pathology; Spinal Cord Neoplasms - veterinary; Subarachnoid Space - pathology
• ISSN: 0916-7250; 1347-7439
• DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.1323

A gelatinous focus with cystic spaces, was found in the posterior funiculus of the 2nd to 3rd lumbar levels of the spinal cord of a Japanese Black heifer, 2 years old, with clinical signs of severe dysstasia. Histopathological examination revealed that the spinal lesion consisted of multifocal and diffuse proliferation of round cells with abundant vacuolar cytoplasm and hyperchromatic nuclei. In the lesions there was a number of cystic spaces containing aggregates of small round cells. The neoplastic foci showed a honeycomb structure divided by thin blood vessels, representing typical lesions of oligodendroglioma. Diffuse and multifocal proliferation of these round cells were also recognized in the subarachnoidal space in the sacral spinal cord. Immunohistochemically, the proliferating round cells were negative for glial fibrillary acidic protein. Based on these morphological features, the case was diagnosed as lumbar spinal oligodendroglioma with diffuse arachnoidal dissemination