Features of a rare peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour arising from the thoracic spine in a juvenile canine patient

Abstract

Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumours are rare tumours in juveniles. The current patient was a paraplegic 8-month-old Scottish deerhound with a suspected pulmonary mass. Radiographically, there was a large extrapleural mass within the mid-left hemithorax. On MRI, the mass was mainly hyperintense on T2-weighted images, isointense on T1-weighted images and was heterogeneously strongly contrast enhancing with a multilobulated appearance, spinal cord compression, paraspinal musculature invasion and intrathoracic extension. Those changes were confirmed on post-mortem, and the mass diagnosed based on immunohistochemistry.