Complex polysaccharide inclusions in skeletal muscle adjacent to sarcomas in two dogs

Vet Pathol. 2002 Mar;39(2):278-80. doi: 10.1354/vp.39-2-278.

Abstract

Inclusions of periodic acid-Schiff-positive, amylase resistant material were found within skeletal muscle fibers adjacent to an osteosarcoma in the proximal femur of an 8-year-old intact female Cocker Spaniel dog (dog No. 1) and adjacent to a synovial cell sarcoma of the stifle joint in a 7-year-old spayed female Bouvier des Flandres dog (dog No. 2). Inclusions were pale blue-gray with hematoxylin and eosin stain and formed irregular inclusions, replacing up to approximately 80% of the fiber diameter. Inclusions from dog No. 2 were of non-membrane-bound granular to filamentous material that occasionally formed discrete, elongate electron-dense masses. The features of these inclusions were similar to those of materials previously described as complex polysaccharide, polyglucosan bodies, amylopectin, and Lafora bodies. Evidence for a generalized metabolic disorder was not found in these two dogs, suggesting that storage of complex polysaccharide can occur as a relatively nonspecific response to metabolic alterations in skeletal muscle in a variety of conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amylopectin / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Dog Diseases / pathology*
  • Dogs
  • Female
  • Femoral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Femoral Neoplasms / veterinary*
  • Joint Diseases / pathology
  • Joint Diseases / veterinary
  • Microscopy, Electron / veterinary
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / ultrastructure
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Osteosarcoma / veterinary*
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism*
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / pathology
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / veterinary*
  • Stifle

Substances

  • Polysaccharides
  • Amylopectin