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Malignant schwannoma (Malignant nerve sheath tumour, soft tissue sarcoma):

History:

7 year old mixed breed medium sized dog presented with progressive weakness of the left foreleg. This progressed to paralysis and the dog was euthanised and a post mortem was performed.

 

Cervicothoracic spinal cord and brachial plexus

 

Uniform population of spindle cells (x100)

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