Prolonged survival in a young Dobermann with adrenal neuroblastoma

Abstract A 1‐year‐old Dobermann presented with recurrent episodes of acute diarrhoea and weight loss starting at 5 months of age. An adrenal mass was identified via ultrasound and computed tomography, leading to adrenalectomy. A diagnosis of adrenal neuroblastoma was obtained through histopathology and immunohistochemistry. Adrenal neuroblastomas are extremely uncommon and this dog represents one of the few documented cases. The patient remained asymptomatic (except for diarrhoea episodes) for 18 months following surgery, which is an unusually prolonged survival for this aggressive neoplasm, but was euthanased due to rapid deterioration caused by multiple metastases of the neuroblastoma. This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of rare adrenal tumours in veterinary medicine.