Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with spinal cyst and paralysis treated by dura mater surgery
By L. Pisoni et al.·Published in Veterinární Medicína·2014·School of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, CZ·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Dura mater marsupialisation and outcome in a cat with a spinal subarachnoid pseudocyst: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A six-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was brought in for sudden paralysis in his back legs that had developed over the past two months. After tests, the vet found a fluid-filled cyst in his spine, likely linked to an old injury. The cat underwent surgery to relieve pressure on the spine, which involved removing part of the vertebra and creating an opening to drain the cyst. Following the surgery, he showed immediate improvement and continued to get better over the next several months, living for about 18 more months before passing away from unrelated issues.
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Abstract
A six-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was referred with a history of acute-onset paraplegia, over the previous two months. The neurological examination revealed a thoracolumbar lesion. After myelography and myelo-computed tomography (myelo-CT), the diagnosis of a T13-L1 subarachnoid pseudocyst potentially related to a previous L1 vertebral body fracture or malformation was made. Surgical decompression consisted in dorsal laminectomy followed by durotomy and marsupialisation. Immediately after surgery the cat improved neurologically and showed progressive improvement of his neurological signs over the next few months, until he died, from unrelated causes, approximately 18 months after surgery.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.17221/7386-VETMED