A case of canine primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)

J Vet Med Sci. 2001 Jan;63(1):103-5. doi: 10.1292/jvms.63.103.

Abstract

A 2-year and 6 month-old, female, Golden Retriever showed circling behavior and seizure. By magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination, a mass was found on the surface of the left cerebral hemisphere, invading to the left temporal muscle. The skull bone between them was destroyed. The dog was euthanized and necropsied. Histologically, the mass contained a lot of undifferentiated anaplastic cells, forming Homer-Wright rosettes and pseudopalisading patterns. Thus, the case was diagnosed as primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Motor Activity
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / pathology
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive / veterinary*
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / veterinary