Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Paraplegia in a Domestic Ferret () Secondary to Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma with Myxoid Differentiation.
- Journal:
- Journal of exotic pet medicine
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Householder, Hilary M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences · United States
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Neurologic disease is a common presentation of domestic ferrets () with infectious, neoplastic, and traumatic etiologies documented. Adrenocortical neoplasia is also well documented in domestic ferrets, with metastatic lesions rarely described. This case report describes an abnormal presentation of adrenocortical adenocarcinoma with myxoid differentiation and subsequent metastasis to the spinal cord and vertebral bodies, resulting in hind limb paraplegia in an adult spayed female ferret.
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