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VETERINARY RADIOLOGY & ULTRASOUND
Volume 63, Issue 5, Pages E11-E15Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/vru.13100
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musculoskeletal; notochord; tumor; zoo
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This article describes a case of chordoma in the proximal tail of a ferret, providing radiographic and histopathological evidence for diagnosis.
A 7-year-old spayed female ferret was presented to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine for a slow-growing mass involving the base of the tail. Radiographs revealed a large, irregularly marginated mineralized mass centered on the fifth to seventh caudal vertebrae with osteolysis of the affected caudal vertebrae. A partial caudectomy was performed, and histopathology was consistent with a chordoma. This is the first case report describing the radiographic appearance of a chordoma in the proximal tail and only the second report to describe radiographic findings in a ferret.
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