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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis of the spine in a nine‐year‐old cat
Author(s) -
Bossens K.,
Bhatti S.,
Van Soens I.,
Gielen I.,
Van Ham L.
Publication year - 2016
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.12371
Subject(s) - medicine , diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis , hyperostosis , lumbosacral joint , anatomy , spinal canal stenosis , lesion , spinal cord , ataxia , thoracic vertebrae , spinal canal , lumbar vertebrae , pathology , ossification , lumbar , psychiatry
A nine‐year‐old intact female domestic shorthair cat was evaluated for paraparesis, ataxia and severe spinal hyperaesthesia. Neurological examination indicated a T3‐L3 spinal cord segment lesion. Computed tomography of the thoracolumbar and lumbosacral vertebral column was performed. This showed contiguous smooth new bone formation ventral and lateral to the vertebrae extending from the cranial thoracic area to the lumbosacral junction and appearing similar to canine diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. There was also marked dorsolateral stenosis of the vertebral canal at the level of T4‐T5 because of degenerative changes of the facet joints. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first published report of feline diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.