Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with wooden stick stuck in neck spine seen on CT scan
By Bosma, Femke et al.·Published in Veterinary radiology & ultrasound : the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Radiology and the International Veterinary Radiology Association·2022·AniCura Medisch Centrum voor Dieren, Netherlands·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Contrast-enhanced CT findings in a dog with a wood foreign body in the vertebral canal.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old Border Collie was brought to the vet after developing weakness in all four legs, which started six days after it was injured by a wooden stick. A special CT scan showed swelling and two pieces of wood lodged in the dog's neck area, one of which was pressing on the spinal canal. The vet performed surgery to remove the foreign bodies, and the dog made a full recovery. Six months later, the dog was back to normal and had no lingering issues.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old Border collie was presented with progressive tetraparesis, 6 days after oropharyngeal trauma with a wooden stick. Contrast-enhanced CT of the head and the cervical spine showed heterogeneous enhancement of the soft tissues surrounding the C1 through C3 region, with extension into the ventral vertebral canal at this level. Two separate, small, foreign bodies were visible; one of which was located within the vertebral canal. Surgical exploration confirmed the presence of wooden foreign bodies within the para-vertebral soft tissues and within the vertebral canal. The dog was clinically normal 6 months postoperatively.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34448319/