Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a cat

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 170-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Malik ◽  
M. Konar ◽  
M. Wernick ◽  
J. Howard ◽  
F. Forterre

SummaryA 10-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat was admitted for chronic ambulatory paraparesis and a spinal malformation. The clinical examination revealed paraparesis accentuated on the left side. Thoracolumbar radio-graphs revealed a spinal malformation with a narrowed intervertebral space between L1 and L2, and a dorsal fusion at the level of L2-L3 with a common dorsal process. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intervertebral disk herniation with a ventral compression of the spinal cord at the level of L1/2. A standard vertebral lateral corpectomy with a foraminotomy was performed with a good outcome.

1987 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1385-1390
Author(s):  
Hisao Takagi ◽  
Akio Inoue ◽  
Kensei Nagata ◽  
Kanichirou Kiyonaga ◽  
Yasuyuki Hyakutake ◽  
...  

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-256
Author(s):  
Roger J. Packer ◽  
Robert A. Zimmerman ◽  
Leslie N. Sutton ◽  
Larissa T. Bilaniuk ◽  
Derek A. Bruce ◽  
...  

Correct diagnosis of spinal cord disease in childhood is often delayed, resulting in irreversible neurologic deficits. A major reason for this delay is the lack of a reliable means to noninvasively visualize the spinal cord. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be useful in the evaluation of diseases of the spinal cord. A 1.5 Tesla MRI unit with a surface coil was used to study 41 children, including eight patients with intrinsic spinal cord lesions, eight patients with masses compressing the cord, 12 patients with congenital anomalies of the cord or surrounding bony structures, three patients with syrinxes, and three patients with vertebral body abnormalities. Intrinsic lesions of the cord were well seen in all cases as intrinsic irregularly widened, abnormally intense cord regions. MRI was helpful in following the course of disease in patients with primary spinal cord tumors. Areas of tumor were separable from syrinx cavities. Extrinsic lesions compressing the cord and vertebral body disease were also well visualized. Congenital anomalies of the spinal cord, including tethering and lipomatous tissue, were better seen on MRI than by any other radiographic technique. MRI is an excellent noninvasive "screening" technique for children with suspected spinal cord disease and may be the only study needed in many patients with congenital spinal cord anomalies. It is also an excellent means to diagnose and follow patients with other forms of intra- and extraspinal pathology.


2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. Vargas ◽  
B. M. A. Delattre ◽  
J. Boto ◽  
J. Gariani ◽  
A. Dhouib ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Adamiak ◽  
A. Pomianowski ◽  
Y. Zhalniarovich ◽  
M. Kwiatkowska ◽  
M. Jaskólska ◽  
...  

A comparison of magnetic resonance imaging sequences in evaluating pathological changes in the canine spinal cord This paper discusses 28 canine patients subjected to low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord for neurological indications. The authors describe and compare the used MRI sequences with an indication of the most effective sequences in MRI examinations that require short scanning time. The most effective sequences supporting a quick diagnosis of spinal diseases in dogs were SE (spin echo), FSE (fast spin echo) and 3D HYCE (hybrid contrast enhancement).


2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Hafisatu Gbadamosi ◽  
Yaw B. Mensah ◽  
Samuel Asiamah

Background: Neurological limb deficit due to non-traumatic myelopathy is a disabling and distressing neurological condition.  In recent time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has proven to be the ultimate imaging modality for evaluating pathologies of the spinal cord.Objective: To describe the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features of patients with Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury evaluated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana. Results: Out of a total of 141 MRI’s evaluated 60.3% were males and 39.7% female. The majority of the respondents 85.1% had paraparesis/paraplegia,13.5% had quadriparesis/quadriplegia, 1.4% had weakness in one upper limb and both lower limbs. The commonest MRI features of NTSCI recorded was due to degenerative disease of the spine 75.9%, spinal metastases 5.7%, Pott's/pyogenic spondylitis 3.5%, demyelinating disease 2.8% and primary spinal tumours 2.8%.Conclusion: The commonest MRI findings in the study population were due to degenerative disease of the spine, followed by spinal metastases and infective spondylitis. Funding: Not declaredKeywords: paraparesis, paraplegia, tetraparesis, tetraplegia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging


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