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Suspected Spinal Epidural Empyema and Associated Vertebral Osteomyelitis (Physitis)in a Dog
Author(s) -
Jerram Richard M.,
Dewey Curtis W.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of veterinary emergency and critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.886
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1476-4431
pISSN - 1479-3261
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-4431.1998.tb00127.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelography , paraplegia , epidural abscess , surgery , empyema , vertebral osteomyelitis , spinal canal , spinal cord compression , osteomyelitis , lumbar , spinal cord , thoracic vertebrae , radiography , lumbar vertebrae , abscess , psychiatry
Summary A 1 year old female Aurstralian Heeler dog was presented for fever and paraplegia of recent onset. Radiography and myelography revealed osteolysis of the first lumber (L 1 ) vertebra and extensive epidural spinal cord compression from the level of the thirteenth thoracic (T 13 ) to the fourth lumbar (L4) vertebra. A decompressive hemilaminectomy was performed; purulent‐appearing fluid and inflamed epidural fat were present in the vertebral canal. The neurologic recovery of the dog was satisfactory 6 months following surgery.