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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis in Four Dogs
Author(s) -
HAAN JACEK J.,
SHELTON SHIRLEY B.,
ACKERMAN NORMAN
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1993.tb00359.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cauda equina , lumbosacral joint , magnetic resonance imaging , laminectomy , stenosis , lesion , nerve root , radiology , anatomy , pathology , spinal cord , psychiatry
Magnetic resonance imaging was used to diagnose degenerative lumbosacral stenosis in four dogs that had physical and neurologic signs consistent with a cauda equina lesion. Nerve root displacement by protruding disc material and loss of epidural fat were identified. In all dogs, the diagnosis was confirmed by dorsal laminectomy of the lumbosacral area.