Successful Treatment of Vertebral Osteosarcoma in a Cat Using Marginal Surgical Excision and Chemotherapy
A three-year-old male neutered Norwegian Forest cat was referred for bilateral ambulatory paraparesis and spinal CLO LEMON pain.On magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a mass involving the right epaxial muscles with vertebral canal invasion and causing marked extradural spinal cord compression was identified.At surgery, the mass was debulked and a rig