Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with spinal cord bleeding and sudden systemic hemorrhage
By Okada, M et al.·Published in Australian veterinary journal·2006·Pet Clinic ANIHOS, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: MRI findings of haematomyelia in a dog with spontaneous systemic haemorrhage.
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Plain-English summary
A 7-year-old female cross-breed dog was brought in for sudden paralysis in all four legs, which had worsened over two weeks. MRI scans showed unusual bleeding in her spinal cord, indicating a serious condition called haematomyelia. Unfortunately, despite recovering from anesthesia, the dog died the same day due to severe internal bleeding caused by a clotting disorder that could not be identified. This case highlights the importance of MRI in diagnosing spinal cord issues related to bleeding in dogs.
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Abstract
A 7-year-old female cross-breed dog was brought to Nihon University Animal Medical Center for investigation of tetraplegia. Lameness in the pelvic limbs, that had developed 2 weeks previously, had progressed to tetraplegia. On magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord, isointensity was detected from C2 to C4 and T12 to T13, isointensity and hyperintensity were intermingled from L3 to L4, and hyperintensity was detected from L5 to L7 by T1-weighted imaging. On T2-weighted imaging, hyperintensity was detected in all regions described above. The dog recovered from anaesthesia, but died during the day from systemic bleeding as the result of a coagulopathy of unknown aetiology. Histopathological examination revealed haematomyelia in these regions of the spinal cord. This is the first report of magnetic resonance imaging findings of haematomyelia in canine spontaneous systemic haemorrhage. It appeared that the differences in the findings of T1-weighted imaging along the spinal regions reflected time-lags in the occurrence of bleeding.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16958632/