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Hansen type I disk disease at T1‐2 in a Dachshund
Author(s) -
LIPTAK JM,
WATT PR,
THOMSON MJ,
COPELAND SE,
GALLOWAY AM
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb11222.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelography , lesion , intervertebral disk , spinal cord compression , radiography , spinal cord , dorsum , lameness , decompression , thoracic vertebrae , radiology , surgery , anatomy , lumbar , lumbar vertebrae , psychiatry
A 7‐year‐old Dachshund was presented with chronic left thoracic limb lameness and acute neurological deficits to the hind limbs following trauma. A lesion was suspected between C7 and T2 on the basis of neurological examinations. Radiography and myelography identified a calcified intervertebral disk at C7‐T1 and an extradural unilateral compressive lesion at T1‐2. Computed tomography scans of the cranial thoracic spine revealed extrusion of disk material from the T1‐2 intervertebral space resulting in marked spinal cord compression. Intervertebral disk disease is rarely reported at this location. The neurological condition deteriorated after a second myelogram, which was done to examine the thoracolumbar spine. A modified dorsal decompression of T1‐2 was performed. The dog was euthanased due to further neurological deterioration 8 days after surgery.