Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with spinal cyst causing back leg weakness treated successfully
By Perez, B et al.·Published in Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association·2000·The Moratalaz Veterinary Clinic, Spain·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Intraspinal synovial cyst in a dog.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
An eight-year-old male Siberian husky cross was brought to the vet after suddenly having trouble with his back legs, showing signs of weakness and unsteadiness. X-rays and a special spinal scan revealed a cyst pressing on his spinal cord. The vet performed surgery to remove the cyst, and thankfully, there were no complications afterward. Two years later, the dog is doing great and has returned to normal activity without any issues.
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Abstract
An eight-year-old, male Siberian husky cross was referred with a history of an acute onset of pelvic-limb ataxia and paraparesis. Radiography and subsequent myelography of the spine revealed an extradural compression of the spinal cord at the level of the 13th thoracic (T13) to first lumbar (L1) vertebrae. Hemilaminectomy resulted in the successful removal of an extradural cystic lesion. The morphological diagnosis based on histopathology was a synovial cyst with chondromatosis. There were no postoperative complications, and the dog's condition improved markedly. At two years postoperatively, the animal remains normal on both physical and neurological examination. To the authors' knowledge, this article is the first report of an intraspinal synovial cyst in a dog.
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