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Subarachnoid abscess as a complication of discospondylitis in a dog
Author(s) -
Lobetti R. G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1994.tb03954.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelography , surgery , subarachnoid space , complication , neck pain , abscess , spinal cord compression , autopsy , epidural abscess , spinal cord , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
A three‐year‐old German shepherd dog was presented with a history of acute neck pain. A diagnosis of acute discospondylitis involving two intervertebral disc spaces was made. The dog initially responded to conservative treatment over an eight‐week period and then suddenly deteriorated. Spinal cord compression was evident on cervical myelography. At autopsy, a subarachnoid abscess was present at the intervertebral disc space between the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae.