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Cervical spinal intradural arachnoid cysts in related, young pugs
Author(s) -
Rohdin C.,
Nyman H. T.,
Wohlsein P.,
Hultin Jäderlund K.
Publication year - 2014
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/jsap.12167
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , spinal cord , magnetic resonance imaging , myelography , arachnoid cyst , concomitant , cervical vertebrae , lesion , thoracic vertebrae , anatomy , radiology , surgery , lumbar vertebrae , lumbar , psychiatry
Seven related young pugs were diagnosed with cervical spinal intradural arachnoid cysts by magnetic resonance imaging (n = 6) and myelography (n = 1). All dogs were presented with skin abrasions on their thoracic limbs and non‐painful neurological deficits, indicating a C1‐T2 myelopathy. In all six dogs examined by magnetic resonance imaging not only the spinal arachnoid cyst but also a concomitant, most likely secondary, syringohydromyelia was confirmed. Pedigree analysis suggested a genetic predisposition for spinal arachnoid cysts in this family of pugs. Generalised proprioceptive deficits more pronounced in the thoracic limbs suggesting a focal cervical spinal cord lesion, with concomitant skin abrasions on the dorsal aspect of the thoracic limbs in a young pug, should alert veterinarians to the possibility of cervical spinal arachnoid cysts.