Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with chronic back leg weakness from fused vertebrae
By Malik, Y et al.Ā·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.TĀ·2009Ā·Small Animal ClinicĀ·View original on PubMed ā
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Original publication title: Chronic intervertebral disk herniation associated with fused vertebrae treated by vertebral lateral corpectomy in a cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 10-year-old Domestic Shorthair cat was brought in because it was having trouble walking and showed weakness in its back legs, especially on the left side. X-rays and an MRI revealed a herniated disk in the spine, along with a spinal malformation. The veterinarian performed a surgery called a vertebral lateral corpectomy to relieve the pressure on the spinal cord. After the surgery, the cat showed significant improvement and was able to walk better.
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Abstract
A 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 radiographs 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.
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