A 3-year-old male entire Boxer was presented for a 6-day history of progressive symmetric nonambulatory tetraparesis with diffuse spinal hyperesthesia. Eight days prior to admission, the dog ingested warfarin accidentally, exhibiting systemic clinical signs of intoxication 2 days later. Upon referral, the dog was nonambulatory with paretic thoracic limbs and plegia with absent nociception on pelvic limbs, spinal reflexes were decreased to absent in all four limbs, and urinary and faecal incontinence were noticed. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the vertebral column revealed intramedullary lesions extending from the first cervical segments to the conus medullaris consistent with extensive intramedullary haemorrhages. Despite management with vitamin K1 and physiotherapy, 6 weeks later, improvement was limited to thoracic limb motor function, and euthanasia was elected. This case reports an extensive presumptive haematomyelia with severe neurological deficits suspected to be secondary to warfarin intoxication in a dog.
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Objectives: This study aims to report on the clinical magnetic resonance imaging, histological features, treatment options and outcomes of spinal ependymomas in dogs.
Materials And Methods: Retrospective evaluation of medical records from dogs histologically confirmed spinal ependymomas with clinical presentations, magnetic resonance imaging findings, histological aspects, treatment options and outcomes.
Results: Eight dogs presented with acute to subacute onset of para- or tetraparesis.
Animals (Basel)
June 2024
Departamento de Anatomía, Producción Animal y Ciencias Clínicas Veterinarias, Facultad de Veterinaria de Lugo, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
The increase in the canine geriatric population means that veterinarians are more often confronted with diseases that are more prevalent in patients in this age group. As in other organ systems, degenerative, neoplastic, and vascular diseases are the most prevalent neurologic disorders in older dogs. A neurological disease in an older dog poses a challenge for the clinician due to the presence of concomitant diseases and age-related changes that make it difficult to interpret the neurological examination.
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March 2024
9Department of Veterinary Science, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the patient demographics, clinicopathological features and presumptive or final diagnoses in cats with myelopathies between the T1 and T6 vertebrae.
Methods: This retrospective multicentre case study enrolled cases between 2015 and 2022 that were diagnosed with myelopathies between the T1 and T6 vertebrae as the primary cause for the presenting clinical signs.
Results: A total of 21 cases matched the inclusion criteria, 13 males (11 castrated and 2 entire) and 8 spayed females (median age 93 months; range 5-192).
Neurology
July 2023
From the Department of Clinical Neuroscience (V.S., A.F.-S., V.G.E.-H., M.A., O.S., E.E.), Karolinska Institutet; Department of Neurology (V.S., C.H., M.A.), and Department of Neurosurgery (A.F.-S., V.G.E.-H., E.E.), Karolinska University Hospital; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (C.H.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neurology (O.S.), Landspitali, Reykjavik, Iceland; Stockholm Spine Center (A.E.-T.), Löwenströmska Hospital, Upplands Väsby; and Department of Surgical Sciences (A.E.-T.), Uppsala University, Sweden.
Background And Objectives: Spinal cord infarction (SCInf) is a rare condition where consensus regarding diagnostic criteria is lacking, and misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis can be detrimental. The aim of this study was to describe baseline findings and predictors of long-term functional outcome in a population-based cohort of patients with SCInf.
Methods: All adult patients (aged 18 years or older) treated at the spinal cord injury unit of the study center, between 2006 and 2019, and discharged with a G95 diagnosis (other and unspecified disease of the spinal cord) were screened for inclusion.
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