Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Congenital cleft vertebral centrum and intra- and extraspinal cyst in a foal.
- Journal:
- Veterinary pathology
- Year:
- 1996
- Authors:
- Doige, C E
- Species:
- horse
Plain-English summary
A 3-month-old female Arabian foal was found to have a cleft in her spine, specifically between the fifth and sixth vertebrae, along with some other spinal issues and cysts both inside and outside her spinal cord. She has been having trouble with her back legs since she was born, which is called posterior ataxia. The likely cause of these problems is believed to be related to how her spine formed during early development. Unfortunately, the abstract does not provide information on treatment or outcome, so we can't say how her condition was managed or if it improved.
Abstract
A midsagittal centrum cleft of T5-6, malformation and fusion of T3-7, intra- and extraspinal cyst, and myelodysplasia were found in a 3-month-old female Arabian foal that had experienced posterior ataxia since birth. Based on studies in other species, ecto-endodermal adhesions early in embryogenesis leading to formation of an enterogenous cyst is the most probable pathogenesis.
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