Epidural Fat and Perineural Adipose Tissue Septic Emboli Mimicking Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in a Dog

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Gross pathology dorsal view of the vertebral column. The dorsal vertebral processes and spinal cord removed, exposing the ventral aspect of the intervertebral canal. (a) Vertebral column from C1 to T3. (b) Vertebral column from C6 to T1, inset of Figure 1(a). Within the right ventrolateral aspect of the intervertebral canal from C6 to T1 are aggregates of pale tan to pink, soft, gelatinous exudate (arrowheads). Exudate extended into the right intervertebral foramina between C5-C6, C6-C7, and C7-T1. Cr: cranial aspect; Cd: caudal aspect; R: right; L: left; C1-T3: approximate locations of each of the cervical and thoracic vertebrae.

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