Malignant renal schwannoma in a cat
Journal Title: Open Veterinary Journal - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
A nine-year-old male European shorthair cat with rapidly enlarging mass at the left kidney doubted to be malignant was presented. The purpose of this study is to present the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of a primary renal tumor in the cat. Grossly, the mass mostly encapsulated the kidney. Histologically, excisional biopsy showed worrying histological features. A sarcoma-like tumor composed mainly of neoplastic spindle-shaped cells. Neoplastic nodules of aggregations of fusiform cells arranged in multidirectional bundles. Immunohistochemically, several immunohistochemical satins (melan-A, S-100, vimentin, actin, desmin, cytokeratin, neurofilament, melan-A, NSE, synaptophysin, chromogranin, Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein GFAP, Collagen IV and CD99) were used to differentially diagnose the mass. The stained neoplastic sections positively tested to S-100, but negative to the other aforementioned immunohistochemical stains. Immunohistochemistry with S-100 antibody staining showed an unusually strong positive reaction throughout the tumor cells. Based on our comparative diagnosis relative to other tumors, in addition to the progressive clinical signs, histopathological and immunohistochemical results, this case was presumptively diagnosis as a malignant schwannoma. According to our investigation of the relevant literature, this study of malignant renal Schwannoma (malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor) is a highly rare case not previously characterized in a cat.
Authors and Affiliations
Monier Sharif| Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Omar Al-Mukhtar, Al-Beida, Libya, Adel Mohamed| Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Omar Al-Mukhtar, Al-Beida, Libya, Manfred Reinacher| Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Str. 96, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v7i3.3
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