scholarly journals Coenurosis in the lumbar region of a goat: a case report

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 308-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Oge ◽  
S. Oge ◽  
B. Gonenc ◽  
G. Ozbakis ◽  
C. Asti
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Larval Stage ◽  
Host Response ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Morphological Examination ◽  
Taenia Multiceps ◽  
Coenurus Cerebralis ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

Coenurosis caused by Coenurus cerebralis, the larval stage of Taenia multiceps, particularly affects sheep and goats. In this case report, two coenurus cysts were detected under the lumbar spinal cord (outside the CNS) in a goat. We first described cysts in the macro- and micro-morphological examination. The cysts were identified as C. cerebralis on the basis of the arrangement of scolices and the number and size of hooks in the scolices. The morphology of the larval cyst was similar to that of T. multiceps: the scolices had four suckers and a rostellum with a double crown of hooks. The hooks and hooklets were 178 and 132 µm in length, respectively. T. gaigeri may be synonymous with T. multiceps. This may reflect a different host response to the parasite in goats. The difficulty of making a species identification in C. cerebralis or C. gaigeri based on their morphology is discussed.  

scholarly journals Bifocal Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormalities in a 5-Year Old Boy: A Case Report

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
K. G. Snoek ◽  
M. Jacobsohn ◽  
A. B. van As
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Motor Vehicle Crash ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Lumbar Region ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Thoracic And Lumbar Spine ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

We present the extremely unusual case of a 5-year-old boy with a bifocal (cervical as well as lumbar) spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORAs). The MRI showed cord oedema at the level of C2 and T10. We propose that during the motor vehicle crash severe propulsion of the head with a flexed lumbar region resulted in a traction injury to the lower thoracic and lumbar spine and maximum flexion caused SCIWORA in C2.

scholarly journals Primary intramedullary melanoma of lumbar spinal cord: A case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2352-2356
Author(s):  
Le-Dong Sun ◽  
Xin Chu ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
Xiu-Zhen Fan ◽  
Yi Qian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

Lipomeningocele associated with diplomyelia in a dog

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (05) ◽  
pp. 323-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nele Ondreka ◽  
Sara Malberg ◽  
Emma Laws ◽  
Martin Schmidt ◽  
Sabine Schulze
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Neurological Status ◽  
Split Cord Malformation ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Histopathological Diagnosis ◽  
Type I ◽  
Thoracic Spinal Cord ◽  
Thoracic Spinal ◽  
Subcutaneous Mass ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

SummaryA 2-year-old male neutered mixed breed dog with a body weight of 30 kg was presented for evaluation of a soft subcutaneous mass on the dorsal midline at the level of the caudal thoracic spine. A further clinical sign was intermittent pain on palpation of the area of the subcutaneous mass. The owner also described a prolonged phase of urination with repeated interruption and re-initiation of voiding. The findings of the neurological examination were consistent with a lesion localization between the 3rd thoracic and 3rd lumbar spinal cord segments. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a spina bifida with a lipomeningocele and diplomyelia (split cord malformation type I) at the level of thoracic vertebra 11 and 12 and secondary syringomyelia above the aforementioned defects in the caudal thoracic spinal cord. Surgical resection of the lipomeningocele via a hemilaminectomy was performed. After initial deterioration of the neurological status postsurgery with paraplegia and absent deep pain sensation the dog improved within 2 weeks to non-ambulatory paraparesis with voluntary urination. Six weeks postoperatively the dog was ambulatory, according to the owner. Two years after surgery the owner recorded that the dog showed a normal gait, a normal urination and no pain. Histopathological diagnosis of the biopsied material revealed a lipomeningocele which confirmed the radiological diagnosis.

Aging process of the human lumbar spinal cord: A morphometric analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Zhou ◽  
Noboru Goto ◽  
Chen Zhang ◽  
Wei Tang
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Morphometric Analysis ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Lumbar Spinal

scholarly journals Multi-pronged neuromodulation intervention engages the residual motor circuitry to facilitate walking in a rat model of spinal cord injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bonizzato ◽  
Nicholas D. James ◽  
Galyna Pidpruzhnykova ◽  
Natalia Pavlova ◽  
Polina Shkorbatova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Spinal Cord Injury ◽  
Rat Model ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Learning Algorithm ◽  
Lumbar Spinal Cord ◽  
Cord Injury ◽  
Potential Synergy ◽  
Lumbar Spinal ◽  
Deep Brain

AbstractA spinal cord injury usually spares some components of the locomotor circuitry. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the midbrain locomotor region and epidural electrical stimulation of the lumbar spinal cord (EES) are being used to tap into this spared circuitry to enable locomotion in humans with spinal cord injury. While appealing, the potential synergy between DBS and EES remains unknown. Here, we report the synergistic facilitation of locomotion when DBS is combined with EES in a rat model of severe contusion spinal cord injury leading to leg paralysis. However, this synergy requires high amplitudes of DBS, which triggers forced locomotion associated with stress responses. To suppress these undesired responses, we link DBS to the intention to walk, decoded from cortical activity using a robust, rapidly calibrated unsupervised learning algorithm. This contingency amplifies the supraspinal descending command while empowering the rats into volitional walking. However, the resulting improvements may not outweigh the complex technological framework necessary to establish viable therapeutic conditions.

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