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Figure 4.3.17 Esophageal Spindle Cell Sarcoma (Canine) CT

(a) CT+C, TP (b) CT+C, TP (c) CT+C, TP

(d) CT+C, SP (e) ES
12y FS Golden Retriever with a 1‐month history of vomiting or regurgitation. Images a–c include the caudal thorax and are ordered from
cranial to caudal. The caudal thoracic esophagus is mildly gas and fluid distended (a: arrowhead). Further caudally, a partially mineralized
soft‐tissue attenuating mass fills the esophageal lumen near the gastroesophageal junction (b–d: arrowhead). The mass is visualized as an
eccentrically positioned mural lesion on an endoscopic examination (e). Excisional biopsy revealed the mass to be a spindle cell sarcoma
arising from the esophageal wall near the gastroesophageal junction. The relatively thicker esophageal wall seen in image b (arrow) was
likely due to esophagitis that was also documented microscopically.

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