Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog developed spinal blood clot after brown snake bite and antivenom
By Ong, R K C et al.·Published in Australian veterinary journal·2009·Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Extradural haematoma secondary to brown snake (Pseudonaja species) envenomation.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old Siberian Husky was brought to the vet after being bitten by a brown snake and treated with antivenom. Although he seemed fine at first, the owner noticed he was in pain and took him back to the emergency clinic. There, the dog was found to have back pain and weakness in his hind legs due to a blood clot pressing on his spine. After surgery to remove the clot, the dog recovered well with few complications.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old Siberian Husky dog was treated with brown snake antivenom by his regular veterinarian after a witnessed episode of brown snake envenomation. The dog was discharged 5 hours post presentation despite an ongoing coagulopathy. The dog was presented to the emergency centre 2 hours later because the owner believed the dog to be in pain. Initial examination revealed an ambulatory but neurologically normal patient with thoracolumbar pain and laboratory evidence of a coagulopathy. Despite correction of the coagulopathy, the signs progressed to bilateral hind limb paresis after approximately 3 hours of hospitalisation, and continued to deteriorate over the next 56 hours to loss of deep pain perception in the right hind limb. Computed tomography imaging identified the presence of an extradural haematoma which was subsequently removed via a hemilaminectomy. Surgical decompression was successful in treating the spinal compression and the dog recovered with minimal complications. To our knowledge this is the first report of extradural haematoma secondary to coagulopathy induced by brown snake envenomation.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19335471/