ACQUIRED SYRINGOMYELIA IN A DOG (CASE REPORT)
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Progressive paresis in a hindleg of an older dog - a less specific sign with a long list of differential diagnoses. In this case, an intramedullary lesion was the origin and it was possible to perform a syringotomy. A very interesting case from the USA!
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Acquired syringomyelia was diagnosed in an 11-year-old Fox Terrier with progressive paresis in the left pelvic limb. Myelography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed an intramedullary lesion involving the left dorsolateral portion of the spinal cord at the level of L-2 and L-3 vertebrae. Clinical signs improved after surgical syringotomy. Microscopic evaluation of a biopsy specimen from the cyst wall did not establish a definitive histologic diagnosis. The cyst was decreased in size on magnetic resonance imaging 7 months later.
Source: Cauzinille L, Kornegay JN. (1992): Acquired syringomyelia in a dog. In: J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1992 Oct 15;201(8):1225-8.
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