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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—ULTRASONOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF DIPLOMYELIA IN A CALF
Author(s) -
TESTONI STEFANIA,
GRANDIS ANNAMARIA,
DIANA ALESSIA,
DALLA PRIA ANGELA,
CIPONE MARIO,
BEVILACQUA DOMENICO,
GENTILE ARCANGELO
Publication year - 2010
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.1740-8261.2010.01717.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , radiology
We describe the ultrasonographic diagnosis of diplomyelia in a 40‐day‐old calf. The acoustic window was the lumbosacral junction, which, in cattle, corresponds to the L6–S1 intervertebral space and enables the evaluation of approximately 1 cm of the length of the spinal cord. Despite this limited length, this acoustic window yields good anatomic details and can be helpful in assessing anomalies of the caudal aspect of the spinal cord.