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MYELOPATHY SECONDARY TO AORTOCAVAL FISTULA IN A CAT
Author(s) -
Kube Stephanie A.,
Vernau Karen M.,
Wisner Erik R.,
LeCouteur Richard A.
Publication year - 2004
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.1740-8261.2004.04090.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , myelography , arteriovenous fistula , venous plexus , radiology , spinal cord , inferior vena cava , fistula , angiography , surgery , psychiatry
A 15‐month‐old neutered male cat was presented for progressive paraparesis of 3 months' duration and suspected cardiomegaly. Neuroanatomical localization was a T3–L3 myelopathy. On abdominal ultrasound, an anomalous vessel with turbulent blood flow was identified arising from the caudal vena cava. Myelography showed a bilateral ventrolateral extradural spinal cord compression from T12 to L4. Nonselective angiography and contrast‐enhanced computed tomography clearly indicated a vascular complex and vena caval aneurysm with an engorged internal vertebral venous plexus. Surgical occlusion of the anomalous vessels was unsuccessful.