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RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS: CARTILAGINOUS EXOSTOSES IN A DOG
Author(s) -
Silver Gena M.,
Bagley Rodney S.,
Gavin Patrick R.,
Kippenes Hege
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2001.tb00930.x
Subject(s) - medicine , radiography , magnetic resonance imaging , lesion , spinal cord , metatarsal bones , anatomy , biopsy , radiology , surgery , psychiatry
A 6 month‐old dog was examined for progressive paraparesis. On physical examination bony malformations were palpated over the cranial lumbar vertebral bodies and on the left metatarsal bone. Neuroanatomic lesion localization for the paraparesis was a T3‐L3 spinal cord lesion. Radiographs confirmed bony masses at L1‐L2 and on the left 3rd metatarsal bone. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed from T3–L3. Severe spinal cord compression was identified at L1–L2. Surgical decompression and biopsy confirmed the mass to be cartilaginous exostoses. This paper is an example of cartilaginous exostoses imaged with MR.