Management of Spinal Osteochondroma in Young Golden Retriever Dog
Neeranoot Detcharoenyos1, Nakrob Pattanapon1, Soontaree Petchdee2*
1Kasetsart University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand; 2Department of Large Animal and Wildlife Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.
*Correspondence | Soontaree Petchdee, Department of Large Animal and Wildlife Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus 73140, Thailand; Email: fvetstr@ku.ac.th
Figure 1:
Radiograph of thoracic (lateral view) with exostoses at T8-T9 dorsal spinous processes (yellow arrow).
Figure 2:
T2-weighted sagittal (a) and transverse (b, c) MRI showing bony mass at T8 with severely compressed the spinal cord.
Figure 3:
Intraoperative view of pathological exostoses located at T8 dorsal spinous process (a, yellow arrow). The modified pedicle screw-rod fixation was placed to T7-T10 for stabilization after exostoses were excised and the defect was covered with an autologous fat graft (b).
Figure 4:
The microscopic finding presented a nodule of the cartilaginous cap with well-differentiated chondrocytes interspersed with bone spicules surrounded by marrow cells.